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DAVIES, GWILYM PRYS (1923 - 2017), lawyer, politician and language campaigner Trefor Morgan, they formed a new political party. During this time Gwilym met Llinos Evans, a student from Abercynon, and on 29 September 1951 they were married at Bethel Chapel, Hirwaun, with the Reverend J. Eirian Davies officiating. They had three daughters, Catrin (b. 1957), Ann (b. 1959) and Elin (b. 1963). They made their first home in Llanbadarn Road, Aberystwyth, where he got to know the young
DAVIES, JAMES EIRIAN (1918 - 1998), poet and minister Eirian Davies was born on 28 May 1918, the son of Rachel and Dafydd Davies, both natives of Brechfa who had settled at a farm called Llain near Nantgaredig. His father was prominent in the religious life of the region and an elder at the local Presbyterian chapel. Eirian was educated at Nantgaredig Primary School and the Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Carmarthen. The tragedy of losing his
DAVIES, JENNIE EIRIAN (1925 - 1982), journalist . She then went on to complete a teaching course with a distinction. She married the Reverend James Eirian Davies (1918-1998), a Methodist minister and poet, on 19 November 1949 and they had two sons, Siôn Eirian (born 1954) and Guto Davies (born 1958). The family lived in Hirwaun (1949-54), Ammanford (1954-62) and Mold (1962-82). Jennie Eirian was the first female candidate for Plaid Cymru in
GWYNN, HARRI (1913 - 1985), writer and broadcaster different. The metrics are more irregular, the tone more wry and the topics more raw. In a sense, the work in 'Cerddi Llundain' reflects his disillusionment with his younger self as much as his exasperation with the present. Harri had become a modernist in the style of Eirian Davies, T. Glynne Davies and Rhydwen Williams. By 1950, motivated by a desire, as Eirwen put it, 'to escape the endless roofscapes
HOPKINS, BENJAMIN THOMAS (1897 - 1981), farmer and poet in periodicals such as Y Llenor and Y Genhinen. J. Eirian Davies selected the material for the volume, Rhos Helyg a Cherddi Eraill which was published in 1976. In 1979 Alun Creunant Davies published a selection of his poems, Detholiad o Gerddi B. T. Hopkins, which was distributed locally. His masterpiece, 'Rhos Helyg', has appeared in every anthology of Welsh poetry since the thirties. He judged
JONES, EDGAR WILLIAM (1868 - 1953), educationalist and broadcaster , went as a tutor to the grandchildren of John Hughes (1814 - 1889), the pioneer in the development of Russian metallurgy, at Yuzovka, in the Donets basin. They had three children, Gareth and two daughters, Gwyneth and Eirian. He died 1 May 1953.
LLOYD, WILLIAM (1901 - 1967), tutor and setter of words to cerdd dant and composer of harp airs national eisteddfod at Rhyl for composing a series of airs suitable for penillion singing. Realising the need for such airs, he proceeded to compose and publish a number of airs which became very popular, including ' Rhoshelyg ' and ' Mwynen Eirian '. He adjudicated many times in the National Eisteddfod, and his artistic presentation of his musical compositions was a source of admiration for many. He
WILLIAMS, CYRIL GLYNDWR (1921 - 2004), theologian Welsh Congregational Church in Chelsea in 1947, and between 1951 and 1958 the Priory Street Chapel in Carmarthen. He married Irene Daniels from Bancffosfelen, only a few miles from the family home at Pont-iets, in 1945, and they were to have three children, two sons, Martyn and Eirian, and a daughter Ann who died in an accident when aged only three. After fourteen years in the pastoral ministry

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