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OWAIN CYFEILIOG (c. 1130 - 1197), prince and poet royal castle of Carreghofa. In 1165 he is found with other princes of Powys and the other Welsh provinces in the great muster under Owain Gwynedd facing Henry II's attack in the Berwyn district. The next year, however, he again joined with Owain Fychan to drive Iorwerth Goch from Mochnant, which they divided between them by a line which still remains as the border of Denbighshire and Montgomeryshire
ROBERTS, EDWYN CYNRIG (1837 - 1893), pioneer in Patagonia intention of capturing it but it was found to be empty. To celebrate, Edwyn named it Caer Antur (The Adventure Fortress). R. J. Berwyn believed that the contingent's success in surviving later food shortages was due to the 'training of skilled shooters' conducted by Edwyn's defence force. On 19 April 1866, Edwyn married Ann Jones, formerly of Mountain Ash, and settled on his farm, Plas Heddwch (later Plas
ROBERTS, EMMANUEL BERWYN (1869 - 1951), minister (Meth.) , he was appointed assistant to the Reverend John Evans, Eglwys-Bach, Pontypridd, and it was he who insisted on giving him the middle name ' Berwyn ', because he thought that no-one should be called ' Emmanuel '. From that time, he was always known by his new name. When John Evans died, he went to Pont-rhyd-y-groes, and in 1899, he was ordained in the first Conference of the Wesleyans in Machynlleth
ROBERTS, MORRIS (bu farw c. 1723), poet, and carpenter . A number of free-metre poems, mainly on religious and moral themes, also remain; six of them are included in Blodeu-Gerdd Cymry. No details are known concerning the poet's life, but a number of anecdotes about him are found in Y Brython (Tremadoc), Y Gwyliedydd, Llyfryddiaeth y Cymry, and in Hanes Eglwysi Annibynol Cymru. Some of his work was printed by O. M. Edwards in Beirdd y Berwyn and Beirdd
SNELL, DAVID JOHN (1880 - 1957), music publisher , and he offered eisteddfod prizes to committees which chose his publications as test pieces. He republished popular works like ' Myfanwy ' (Joseph Parry) and ' Yr hen gerddor ' (David Pugh Evans), but he also published new pieces of high standard, including ' Bugail Aberdyfi ' (Idris Lewis), ' Paradwys y bardd ' (W. Bradwen Jones; see Jones, William Arthur above) and Saith o ganeuon and ' Berwyn ' (D
WATTS, HELEN JOSEPHINE (1927 - 2009), singer Williams's Riders to the Sea under Meredith Davies in 1972. Though not fluent in Welsh, she retained great affection for Wales, particularly her native Pembrokeshire; she sang regularly in Wales, and recorded some Welsh songs, notably 'Berwyn' by D. Vaughan Thomas, 'Y bardd' by Mansel Thomas, and 'Gweddi Pechadur' by Morfydd Owen, all on the Qualiton label. At the Swansea Festival in 1969 she gave the
WILLIAMS, DAVID DAVID (1862 - 1938), minister (Presb.) and author Presbyterian Church in Wales. He published the following books: Dyfyniadau llên Cymru (1909); Deuddeg o feirdd y Berwyn (1910); Twm o'r Nant (1911); Geirfa Prifeirdd (1911); Dylanwad y Rhufeiniaid ar iaith, gwareiddiad a gwaedoliaeth y Cymry (1912); Hanes mynachdai gogledd Cymru (1914); Cymry enwog cyfnod y Tuduriaid (1914); Addysg Cymru yn y Canol Oesoedd (1914); Hanes dirwest yng Ngwynedd (1921); Thomas

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