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Ieuan
Ieuan is one of several Welsh forms of the male given name John. Famous people named Ieuan *Saint Ieuan, 6th-century saint; there is a church dedicated to him in Llantrisant, on the Isle of Anglesey. *Ieuan ab Owain Glyndŵr (c. 1380 – c. 1430), reputed illegitimate son to Owain Glyndŵr, the last native prince of Wales. *Ieuan ap Hywel Swrdwal (c. 1430 – c. 1480), Welsh poet; first recorded Welshman to write an English poem. * Ieuan Gethin ap Ieuan ap Lleision (fl. c. 1450), poet from Glamorgan. * Ieuan Brydydd Hir (fl. 1450 – 1485), poet and singer from Meirionnydd *Ieuan Dyfi (c. 1461? – c. 1500), Welsh poet *Ieuan Gwyllt (1822–1877), bardic name of musician and minister John Roberts. * Ieuan ap Iago (1809–1878), bardic name of Evan James, poet who wrote the lyrics of the national anthem of Wales, the music of which was by his son James James (Iago ap Ieuan). *Ieuan Williams (1909–64), Welsh cricketer – wicketkeeper for Glamorgan. *Ieuan Rhys Williams (1909â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ieuan Wyn Jones
Ieuan Wyn Jones (born 22 May 1949) is a Welsh politician who was the Deputy First Minister in the Welsh Government from 2007 to 2011. He was the Member of the Senedd for the Ynys Môn constituency from 1999 to 2013, and he was also leader of Plaid Cymru from 2000 to 2012. Jones served as Member of Parliament for Ynys Môn constituency from 1987 to 2001, when he retired to focus on his work in the Welsh Assembly. In 2007, Jones was named Wales' "Politician of the Year" by the BBC Wales am.pm programme. He resigned from the Welsh Assembly on 20 June 2013. In 2017 he unsuccessfully sought to return to the House of Commons for his former constituency. Background and style Family, education, and early career Ieuan Wyn Jones was born in Denbigh, Wales, and is a Welsh speaker. He has lived in both north and south Wales. Jones's early education was at Pontardawe Grammar School and at Ysgol y Berwyn in Bala, Gwynedd. Jones's brother Rhisiart said "The time we spent living in Garnswll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ieuan Evans
Ieuan Cennydd Evans (born 21 March 1964) is a former rugby union player who played on the wing for Wales and the British and Irish Lions. He is the fourth highest try scorer for Wales behind Shane Williams, George North and Gareth Thomas and joint 24th in the world on the all-time test try scoring list. Evans held the record for the most Wales caps as captain with 28, a record overtaken by Ryan Jones in 2012. Career Club level Evans was born in Pontarddulais, Wales, and started playing rugby at the age of 10 as a pupil at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Carmarthen before captaining the team at the newly renamed Queen Elizabeth Maridunum School. When he was 17, Evans started playing for Carmarthen Quins RFC youth side before joining Llanelli two years later, initially as a student at Salford University. He went on to win five of seven cup finals for the club. In 1997 he left Llanelli for Bath where he was part of the team which won the Heineken Cup in 1998. At the twilight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ieuan Rhys
Ieuan Rhys (born 24 December 1961) is a Welsh actor. His television work has included thirteen years in the BBC Cymru soap opera ''Pobol y Cwm'', Seargent Tom Swann in the last series of ''A Mind to Kill'' (for Fiction Factory/ Channel 5) and six series of the Welsh-language version of '' Mr & Mrs'' – ''Sion a Sian'' for HTV. For the last four series he portrayed Eurig Bell, the "not to be messed with" Deputy Headmaster in S4C's '' Gwaith/Cartref''. Biography Early life Ieuan Rhys was born Ieuan Rhys Evans in the village of Trecynon, near Aberdare, South Wales on 24 December 1961. He attended Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Aberdar primary school, and Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen secondary school near Pontypridd, both Welsh language schools. His father, Gethin Evans, was a music teacher at the nearby comprehensive school. Theatre Rhys trained as an actor at The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff. His theatre work has included working for the National Theatre in London playi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plaid Cymru
Plaid Cymru ( ; ; officially Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales, often referred to simply as Plaid) is a centre-left to left-wing, Welsh nationalist political party in Wales, committed to Welsh independence from the United Kingdom. Plaid was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in the UK Parliament in 1966. The party holds four of 40 Welsh seats in the UK Parliament, 13 of 60 seats in the Senedd, and 203 of 1,231 principal local authority councillors. It is a member of the European Free Alliance. Platform Plaid Cymru's goals as set out in its constitution are: # To promote the constitutional advancement of Wales with a view to attaining independence; # To ensure economic prosperity, social justice and the health of the natural environment, based on decentralist socialism; # To build a national community based on equal citizenship, respect for different traditions and cultures and the equal worth of all individuals, whatever their race, nationality, gender, colour, creed, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ieuan Dyfi
Ieuan Dyfi (c. 1461? – after 1502?) was a Welsh language poet. Poetry Very little information has survived relating to Ieuan and his poetry. Ieuan composed five poems to a woman named "Anni Goch" in one of which he accuses how false women have been throughout history. Recent research has shown that Ieuan Dyfi was brought before a church court, where he admitted adultery with Anni, a married woman. His poems about Anni provoked Gwerful Mechain to respond with her poem "I Ateb Ieuan Dyfi am gywydd Anni Goch".Nerys Ann Howells, ''Gwaith Gwerful Mechain ac Eraill'', University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, 2001, pp. 80–1 References * Smith, Llinos Beverley, 'Olrhain Anni Goch', Ysgrifau Beirniadol 19, ed. J. E. Caerwyn Williams. Dinbych: Gwasg Gee, 1993, 107-26 * Nerys Ann Howells, ''Gwaith Gwerful Mechain ac Eraill'', University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, 2001 * Andrew Breeze Andrew Breeze FRHistS FSA (born 1954 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ieuan Gwyllt
Ieuan Gwyllt was the bardic name of Welsh musician and minister John Roberts (22 December 1822 - 14 May 1877). His bardic name is derived from the pen name he used whilst writing poetry as a boy, Ieuan Gwyllt Gelltydd Melindwr (''John of the Wild Woods near the Mill Tower''). He was born at Tanrhiwfelen, a house just outside Aberystwyth, and died in Caernarfon on 14 May 1877. He was buried at Caeathro cemetery near Caernarfon. Biography Roberts worked as a clerk to a company of dispensing chemists in Aberystwyth, but after two years started to teach at the Skinner Street School. After only a few months, however, he enrolled at the Borough Road Training College in London where he stayed for nine months. On his return to Aberystwyth in 1845 he opened a school. After only nine months there, he left to become clerk to a firm of solicitors where he stayed for nearly seven years. In 1852 he became assistant editor of ''Yr Amserau'', a Welsh newspaper based in Liverpool. On 15 June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ieuan Ab Owain Glyndŵr
Ieuan ab Owain Glyndŵr was reputedly the illegitimate son of the last native Welsh Prince of Wales; Owain Glyndŵr. The possibility of his existence was uncovered through the work of Peter Bartrum which is currently being edited by the University of Wales Aberystwyth. Ieuan ab Owain and his descendants are detailed in ''Peniarth Manuscript 287'' in the hand oRobert Vaughan of Hengwrt(c.1592-1667) and also in the manuscript known as ''Harley 1969'' by Griffith Hughes (1634–1665) - the original manuscripts are kept at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth and the British Library respectively. Ieuan, who is thought to have been born around 1380 and to have died around 1430, is thought to have had three sons: * Maredudd ab Ieuan ab Owain Glyndŵr * Robert ab Ieuan ab Owain Glyndŵr * Iorwerth ab Ieuan ab Owain Glyndŵr Manuscript sources * Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt (1592–1667), ''Peniarth 287'' (folio 376), * * Griffith Hughes (1634–1665), ''Harley 1969'' (folio 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ieuan Gethin
Ieuan Gethin ap Ieuan ap Lleision (fl. c. 1450) was a Welsh language poet, of Baglan, Glamorgan. References Welsh-language poets 15th-century Welsh poets {{Wales-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Church Of St Afran, St Ieuan And St Sannan, Llantrisant
The Old Church of St Afran, St Ieuan and St Sannan, Llantrisant, is a redundant church in the settlement of Llantrisant, Anglesey, Wales. It is designated by Cadw as a Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches. It is set in an isolated location off a country road and is adjacent to a farmstead. History The dedication to a "Saint Afran" is probably a corruption of Saint Afan.Baring-GouldVol. I, p. 116./ref> (The 16th-century Peniarth MS 147 lists the church as dedicated to "Sannan and Afan and Evan".) Afan was a bishop and saint in Ceredigion and Brycheiniog during the 6th century. He was, however, related to the Cuneddan dynasty of Gwynedd and was claimed as an ancestor by a 10th-century Ieuan martyred by Viking raiders. The church was built probably in the late 14th century, and the south chapel was added in the 17th century. In 1899 a new church was built nearer the centre of the settlement, some to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llantrisant, Anglesey
Llantrisant (; Welsh for "Parish of the Three Saints") is a hamlet in Anglesey, Wales. It is in the community of Tref Alaw. Its parish church is dedicated to Saints Afran, Ieuan, and Sanan.Church in Wales"Ss Afran, Ieuan and Sanan (New Ch), Llantrisant" 2014. The parish's former church is now a protected building. Browne Willis and Sabine Baring-GouldBaring-GouldVol. I, p. 116./ref> considered "Afran" to be a corruption of Afan, a saint of Ceredigion and Brecknockshire. (The 16th-century Peniarth MS 147 concurs, listing the church as dedicated to "Sannan and Afan and Evan".) St Afan was related to the Cuneddan dynasty of Gwynedd and was claimed as an ancestor by a 10th-century Ieuan martyr A martyr (, ''mártys'', "witness", or , ''marturia'', stem , ''martyr-'') is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an externa ...ed by Viking raiders. Ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ieuan Williams
Ieuan Williams (17 March 1909 — 3 March 1964) was a Welsh cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played first-class cricket for Glamorgan. He was born in Brynamman and died in Eastbourne Eastbourne () is a town and seaside resort in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, east of Brighton and south of London. Eastbourne is immediately east of Beachy Head, the highest chalk sea cliff in Great Britain and part of the la .... Williams, who had previously played with Brynamman Cricket Club, as well as Liverpool University, struggled with his entry into first-class cricket, as in the two matches he played, he scored just ten runs. Having exited his first-class career, he completed studies in dentistry. External linksIeuan Williamsat Cricket Archive {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Ieuan 1909 births 1964 deaths Welsh cricketers Glamorgan cricketers People from Brynamman Cricketers from Carmarthenshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deputy First Minister For Wales
The deputy first minister of Wales ( cy, dirprwy brif weinidog Cymru) is the deputy leader of the Welsh Government. The post was created in October 2000 when Mike German of the Welsh Liberal Democrats was appointed Deputy First Minister as part of a coalition government with Welsh Labour. Since the office was created, the holder has been the party leader of the junior partner in coalition with Welsh Labour. The last holder was Ieuan Wyn Jones of Plaid Cymru who was also the minister for the Economy and Transport. Ieuan Wyn Jones served in the office as part of the One Wales agreement between Plaid Cymru and Welsh Labour between 2007 and 2011. List of Deputy First Ministers See also *First Minister of Wales , insignia = First Minister of Wales logo.png , insigniasize = 120px , insigniacaption = Logo , flag = Flag of Wales.svg , flagsize = 120px , flagborder = yes , flagcaption = Flag of Wales , image = File:Mark Drakeford (cropped).jpg , ... {{UK heads of go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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