Ysgol Gymraeg Dewi Sant, (St David's Primary School)

Llanelli Llanelli (" St Elli's Parish"; ) is a market town and the largest community in Carmarthenshire and the preserved county of Dyfed, Wales. It is located on the Loughor estuary north-west of Swansea and south-east of the county town, Carmarth ...

, Wales, was the first Welsh medium school to be run by a local authority. It was opened by Miss Olwen Williams on

Saint David's Day Saint David's Day ( cy, Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant or ; ), or the Feast of Saint David, is the feast day of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales, and falls on 1 March, the date of Saint David's death in 589 AD. The feast has been regularly celebrat ...

(1 March) 1947. The school was run in the Zion chapel school room. In 2017 a plaque was unveiled by the children of the school to honour that they were the first Welsh school ever to be opened. A step up for the Welsh language which was spoken by, and still is spoken by over half Llanelli's population. The plaque is on the wall of Zion chapel school room, which is opposite Theatr Y Ffwrnes in Llanelli Town centre.

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