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Rhys Goch ap Rhicert Rhys or Rhŷs is a popular Welsh language, Welsh given name (usually male) that is famous in Welsh history and is also used as a surname. It originates from Deheubarth, an old region of South West Wales, with famous kings such as Rhys ap Tewdwr. ...

and Rhys Goch Glyndyfrdwy (fl. 1460)'' Rhys Goch Eryri (or Rhys ab Dafydd) (

fl. ''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...

1385 – 1448), was a 15th-century

bard In Celtic cultures, a bard is a professional story teller, verse-maker, music composer, oral historian and genealogist, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or chieftain) to commemorate one or more of the patron's ancestors and to praise t ...

who lived at Hafod Garegog, near Beddgelert in North Wales. He was acquainted with

Dafydd Nanmor Dafydd Nanmor ( fl. 1450 – 1490) was a Welsh language poet born at Nanmor (or Nantmor), in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. He is one of the most significant poets of this period. It is said that he was exiled to south Wales for overstepping the mar ...

, who lived in neighbouring

Nantmor Nantmor is a hamlet which lies about 1½ miles to the south of the village of Beddgelert in Gwynedd, Wales. The current spelling of the name Nantmor is more modernmost old documentfrom the 16th to the 18th century record the name as Nanmor. It ...

, and it is possible that Rhys Goch was a teacher to him. One of his poems urges a fox to kill Dafydd Nanmor's peacock. About 30 of his poems on various subjects are preserved. He was reputed to be a friend and strong supporter of

Owain Glyndŵr Owain ap Gruffydd (), commonly known as Owain Glyndŵr or Glyn Dŵr (, anglicised as Owen Glendower), was a Welsh leader, soldier and military commander who led a 15 year long Welsh War of Independence with the aim of ending English rule in Wa ...

, though no poetry to him has survived. George Borrow, in his book Wild Wales, reports that

Festiniog The Ffestiniog Railway ( cy, Rheilffordd Ffestiniog) is a heritage railway based on narrow-gauge, located in Gwynedd, Wales. It is a major tourist attraction located mainly within the Snowdonia National Park. The railway is roughly long and ...

was his birthplace : According to tradition Rhys Goch spent his whole life in Eryri ( Snowdonia), and was buried in Beddgelert churchyard.

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