Gorsedd Cymru (Welsh pronunciation: [ˌɡɔrsɛð ˈkəmrɨ, ˌɡɔrsɛð ˈkəmri]), or simply the Gorsedd (Welsh: yr Orsedd), is a society of Welsh-language poets,...
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Gorsedd stones (Welsh: Cerrig yr Orsedd) are groups of standing stones constructed for the National Eisteddfod of Wales. They form an integral part of...
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Look up gorsedd or gorseddau in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gorsedd (plural Gorseddau) normally refers to: Gorsedd Cymru, community of Welsh bards...
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Goursez Vreizh (redirect from Gorsedd of Brittany)
Ovizion Breizh) is the national gorsedd of Brittany ("Breizh" in Breton). It often has delegates from the Welsh gorsedd and Gorsedh Kernow in Cornwall...
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Gorsedh Kernow (redirect from Cornish Gorsedd)
Gorsedh Kernow (Cornish Gorsedd) is a non-political Cornish organisation, based in Cornwall, United Kingdom, which exists to maintain the national Celtic...
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Gorsedd is a village in Flintshire, Wales, in the community of Whitford, with a population of 391 in the 2011 census. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report...
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Cathays Park (section Gorsedd Gardens)
I. The garden was originally known as Druidical Gardens, but the name Gorsedd Gardens was later adopted. The 2 acres (0.81 ha) garden has as its centrepiece...
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by the London-based Gwyneddigion Society. It was later co-opted by the Gorsedd Cymru, a secret society of poets, writers, and musicians founded by Iolo...
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awarded in colourful and dramatic ceremonies under the auspices of the Gorsedd of Bards of the Island of Britain, complete with prominent figures in Welsh...
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had always been the heir apparent. In 1946, she was inducted into the Gorsedd of Bards at the National Eisteddfod of Wales. Elizabeth went on her first...
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Rhymney Valley (section Gorsedd Stones)
giant's body, the ground burned away, exposing the coal. The Rhymney Valley Gorsedd Stones are located above Bryn Bach park, Tredegar on the site of the 1990...
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'The Cambrian Adelboden' in the Swiss Alps. Williams was honoured by the Gorsedd of the Bards at the National Eisteddfod of Wales 2013 festival in his home...
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The "Druid's Prayer" (Welsh: Gweddi'r Derwydd) or "Gorsedd Prayer" (Gweddi'r Orsedd) is a prayer composed by Iolo Morganwg which is still a staple in...
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autobiography, Theleri Thŵp, in 2003. In 2010 he was admitted into the Gorsedd as an honorary druid, choosing the bardic name "Dewi'n y Niwl". He received...
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Iolo Morganwg (category Bards of the Gorsedd)
on Welsh culture, notably in founding the secret society known as the Gorsedd, through which Iolo Morganwg successfully co-opted the 18th-century Eisteddfod...
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Alex Jones (Welsh presenter) (category Bards of the Gorsedd)
Fellow of Aberystwyth University. Jones was appointed as a member of the Gorsedd of the Bards during a ceremony at the National Eisteddfod of Wales in Meifod...
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Breton Regionalist Union (section Gorsedd)
the title of bard. The members of Gorsedd promoted Breton culture either in the sections of the URB, or in the Gorsedd itself. This produced the Ti Kaniri...
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Matthew Rhys (category Bards of the Gorsedd)
druidic order of the Gorsedd of the Bards, for his contributions to the Welsh language and Wales. His bardic name in the Gorsedd is Matthew Tâf. In August...
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(Welsh: Archdderwydd) is the title used by the presiding official of the Gorsedd. The Archdruid presides over the most important ceremonies at the National...
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Ioan Gruffudd (category Bards of the Gorsedd)
Arthur (2004). Gruffudd, a native Welsh speaker, was inducted into the Gorsedd Beirdd Ynys Prydain (the Bardic Order of Great Britain) at the highest...
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at an eisteddfod never lapsed and was strengthened by formation of the Gorsedd by Iolo Morganwg in 1792. Wales in the twentieth century is a leading Celtic...
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Bardic group (Cornish: Gorsedd) may have existed in this area, because in the Welsh Triads from the 6th century AD, a Gorsedd of Beisgawen of Dumnonia...
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the Welsh survive, but others have been lost. In 2015 a project called Gorsedd y Cwmwl emerged, aimed at restoring the original name of the Trono de las...
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scholars. Williams said that he had collected ancient knowledge in a "Gorsedd of Bards of the Isles of Britain" he had organized. While bits and pieces...
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Hutton, a historian of paganism, is skeptical. Rhiannon first appears at Gorsedd Arberth, an ancestral mound near one of the chief courts of Dyfed. Pwyll...
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permanent stone circles used by the Gorsedd of Bards during Eisteddfodau. The original circle stands in Gorsedd Gardens in front of the National Museum...
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David Griffith (Clwydfardd) (section Gorsedd career)
Cân (1621), a metrical translation of the Psalms into Welsh. When the Gorsedd was first invented by Iolo Morganwg in 1792 it was split into four regions...
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sources and traditions that supposedly dated to the prehistoric druids. Gorsedd, one of the 18th century traditions that were founded by Morganwg, became...
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pre-Christian religion of Wales (not to be confused with the Druids of the Gorsedd at the National Eisteddfod of Wales). Approximately one third of the population...
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this flag was dropped in favour of the current flag at the urging of the Gorsedd of Bards. Today the flag can be seen flying from the Senedd in Cardiff...
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