Tal-y-sarn () is a village in the slate quarrying

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in Gwynedd, Wales, next to Penygroes. It is part of the

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Llanllyfni Llanllyfni () is a village and a community in Gwynedd, Wales. It is in the historic county of Caernarfonshire. The community consists of the villages of Drws-y-coed, Nantlle, Nasareth, Nebo, Penygroes, Talysarn and the village of Llanllyfni ...

and includes some of

Llandwrog Llandwrog (; Welsh language: meaning 'The church of Saint Twrog') is a village and community in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, most notable for the presence of the headquarters of Welsh record label Sain and the site of Caernarfon Airport. It has ...

. The

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had a population of 1,930 at the 2011 census, the built-up area having a population of 1,086. The

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Robert Williams Parry was born in 37, Station Road, Tal-y-sarn, where a plaque designed by R. L. Gapper commemorates the connection. Other persons connected with the village were Annant, quarryman, preacher and bard, Gwilym R. Jones, bard and

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, author of the Welsh-language radio series ''SOS, Galw Gari Tryfan'' and Dame

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. The 19th century

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preacher John Jones, Tal-y-sarn, is also connected with the village, not by birth but because he settled here, becoming a shopkeeper and quarry owner as a sideline to his main vocation. The song "Ciosg Talysarn" by the Welsh

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singer Dafydd Iwan was written after two secret agents were found bugging a public telephone in Tal-y-sarn in 1982. Tal-y-sarn is covered by a Neighbourhood Policing Team based in the nearby village of Pen-y-groes.

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, 72.3 per cent of all usual residents aged 3+ in Talysarn can speak Welsh. 79.2 per cent of the population noted that they could speak, read, write or understand Welsh. The 2011 census noted 70.7 per cent of all usual residents aged 3 years and older in the village could speak Welsh.

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