YSBRYD COFIWN
NEW YEAR 2015 INFORMATION STATAEMENT
We note with some concern
that next year 2015 England is to commemorate the anniversaries of Magna Carta
1215, Azincourt 1415 and Waterloo 1815. They are largelly of English Historical
Concern but not with out Association and influences upon Wales.
Whilst in Wales during
2015 much is being made of the 150th anniversary of establishment of
the Welsh Patagonia Colony in 1865. Hopefully this commemoration will cause us to
also reflect on the native peoples of Patagonia and their long resistance to
they being conquored and Colonised by the Argentinian ‘Coquistadores’ and later
Colonisers, These native peoples ‘Mapuche’ still have to wage a resistance
to now ‘Corporate Capitalists’ who plunder their lands in both Argentina and
Chile.
2015 also marks the 300th
Aniversary of the founding of the Society of Ancient Britons iin1715 at a
London Dinner attended by the English Princess for Wales. An event with much
toasting of Loyalty to the English Crown much due to fact that the ‘Welsh
Establishment’ of the day sought to show their loyalty to England while the
Scots were engaged in the first Stuart rebellion. These ‘Ancient Britons’ took
the English Princes ‘Three Feathers’ as their badge of loyalty and were thus
responsible for in time it’s popularity amongst Welsh People as their
contemporay symbol of loyalty to English Crown and their ‘English Princes for
Wales’.
Sadly, not doubt the 600th
Anniversary of Owain Glyndwr’s
‘Disappearence’ on St Mathews Day 21 September in 1415 will be ignored as who
would want to commemorate this and the beginning of the end of this armed
struggle of National Liberation from English Rule. Not however untill 1421 a
guerrila resistance led by Maredudd Owain
and the ‘Gwerin Owain ’ Rebel Outlaws
would continue. In ‘Ysbryd Cofiwn’ we shall fully support the Embassy Glyndwr
Glyndwr 660 Commemorative Programme (see their blog) to further promote and
reinvigorate celebration of all the great and signifigant acheivements of our
national hero Owain IV the true last
Prince of Wales – ‘Tywysog Cymru’.
This leads me to conclude
by drawing attention to other much needed Welsh Commemorations for 2016,
hopefully Welsh Assembly Government,
CADW and also Educational and other bodies creative and cultural also not least
associated communities will during 2015 busy themselves preparing signifigant
national programmes for National Commemorations as the 2016 50th
Aberfan Disaster 1966 and 800th Anniversary of the most Wales
Historically signifigant Council of Aberdyfi 1216. Finally, worth reminding
that 2016 Marks the 100th Anniversaries of the Battles of Mametz and
Festubert both Battles having strong Welsh Associations and thus should not be
forgotten. 2016 will also mark the 200th Anniversary of the Merthyr Revolt of 1816. Last but not least some Welsh
Nationalists will be mindful that 2015 marks 20th Anniversary of
Death 1995 of Julian Cayo Evans Commandant FWA.
Gethin ap Gruffydd. ‘Welsh
Remembrancer’.
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