capel celyn - the drowning of a village

[efallai1]

mae pawb yn synnu y mod i'n byth yn siarad saesneg.. dim rhyfedd

[efallai1]

Mi fyddan ni'n ddial ar y saeson am byth ...

[Amaethon100]

anyone know of a welsh language film that deals with the flooding and bombing of tryweryn?? the main character is one of the bombers and it shows his life from when he was a child i think ,i saw it years ago on video in my welsh lessons at school but cant seem to find out what it was. would appreciate the halp

[lickity99]

The black and white 'film grain' filters are well over used and this whole clip could be re-edited to a quarter of its length, Sorry.. tuned out before I got halfway through - but think its a subject that warrants more attention and the author is on to something here.

[ufckop9]

block the pipe; there is no pipe dickhead water goes into the river dee. and is taken out in chester the waterworks

[tomd2103]

Whilst I accept your point, I am not sure that Plaid Cymru votes are an accurate measuring tool of Nationalistic feelings amongst the Welsh populace. Also, Plaid votes fell to 180,185 in 2003, only to rise up to 219,121 in 2005, so there may be another rise in votes at the next election.

Do your feelings on the National Curriclum extend to England? Do you believe that parts of the English curriculum should not be taught in areas that have a high concentration of immigrants?

[tenpcrisps]

the advert that popped up on the bottom said "learn english now!" ouch!

[tomd2103]

@SinhclareC Could the fact that Plaid are losing seats have anything to do with the increasing influx of English people settling in Wales? As for the Welsh language, it is part of the National Curriculum in Wales, so are you suggesting that there should be different subjects for different parts of the country?

[tomd2103]

@SinhclareC YoGo ahead and laugh at Nationalists, but their influence and power is growing in Scotland, Wales and NI. It will be interesting to see how England fares should the day ever come when these countries withdraw themselves and their resources from the Union. As for your comments about language, I think that you are completely wrong. The native languages spoken in Wales, Scotland and Ireland are an important link to the past history of these isles and should be promoted.

[freqeist]

Im English and I am ashamed of what happened here, absolute disgrace.

They even had to dig up their relatives in the grave yard, I apologise, from my heart. 

[freqeist]

Im English and I am ashamed of what happened here, absolute disgrace, from my heart, Iam sorry.

[sacheus]

Has on one said Capel Celyn means Celyn chaple and is not the name of the village.

[sulien100]

@sacheus It means holly chapel....... and capel celyn  was the name of this drowned village , by daming the river treweryn......... its very sad

[scottiehypnosis01]

What a Statment to make @IIStudioso quote we are all one nation! If we are all one nation then that mean you have stolen from your father mother and brother and sister. and have try to keep there mouth shut by try to take away there language.

That is not the kind of family the Welsh wish to live in. FE GODWN ETO WE SHALL RISE AGAIN !

[scottiehypnosis01]

ITS TIME TO RISE ! WAKE UP YOU PEOPLE OF WALES YOU HAVE BEEN SLEEPING FAR TOO LONG, WHILE england HAS STOLEN OUR LAND ,WATER COAL, GOLD, AND TRY TO KILL OUR WELSH LANGUAGE . THIS IS A FILM , THE KILLING OF A NATION ! FE GODWEN NI ETO WE SHALL RISE AGAIN ! BUT WILL WE I ASK YOU !

[hornpr]

@CJCymru

Better yet, have every welshman stand around the shore p!ssing in it and let them wonder why the water's turned yellow..

[scottiehypnosis01]

While the people of Wales will not stick with each other things like this will always happen. I myself knew Cayo Evens and Cos and Gethin Tony Lewis all of the FWA FREE WALES ARMY , all but one of them are dead now. Its such a shame that the people of Wales dont take up more action against people who try to put upon the Welsh. Where are you all ?

[goronwy1]

How spineless are we to have let this happen?

[FrankieTheTomboy]

@goronwy1 This was before the devolution; one of the factors that surged it, even! Every Welsh MP that voted voted against this and the residents put up an 8 year protest that eventually failed. We tried. We did our best. But they outnumber us 20 to 1.

[welshrepublicantv]

There is to be a memorial event for the 45th anniversary of the drowning of the village on October 23rd 2010. More details from welshnation. com

[GwrolRyfelwyr]

I want to personally rebuild this village with my own hands and im kind of ashamed to speak this language and not my own .

[chris7801021]

When Wales becomes independent of the UK, we should drain the water away, and bring that village back to life.

[echobears]

It's never gonna happen again because nobody gives a toss about wales..! TO DUBAI

[transittipper]

the lake dos not even feed liverpool eny more the pipes been cut off from there.........................­............. y bastads CYMRU AM BYTH GLYNDWR.

[adamjones416]

Annibyniaeth Dros Gymru, Independence for Wales, I sicrhau nid yw pethau fel hyn yn digwydd byth eto, To ensure nothing like this happens ever again.

[bardd01]

looser

[MrRedcap999]

That should be 'loser' (one o not two!). Just goes to show you are an uneducated, illiterate piece of filth. If you are going to throw insults around at least spell check them first..... You idiot.

[david880brown]

@MrRedcap999 Go to hell you cunt, wales is a much better country england, why would we care a fuck how much tax you are paying and why would you need the money anyway. Every un employed person i know in my area are English so fuck you

[garynysmon]

We're over dependant on tourism as it is. And it only encourages people to settle here anyway.

[geopigbass]

Next time you pass the lake think of all the revenue coming into the area "Tryweryn Tourism" . The river should have got 2012 Olympics. What a setting! Reduced flooding in the Dee another benefit!

[crasmane1]

This inundation and elimination of a town speaks volumes about the equation between local and central power in the United Kingdom.

I had no idea that local authority could be so disregarded.

[3tangle3]

NEW THREAT

Big unsustainble and ill thought development plans for NE Wales; no democratic consultations!

TYPE: righttobewelsh into google search

Spread the word; Peace/Heddwch,

Humble apologies if deemed spam but the truth will out :)

[jonesthestone]

i pass the lake everyday and thought of pissing in it cos all the english have ever done is take the piss so its about time they drank some. CYMRU AM BYTH.

[CJCymru]

I reckon someone should go and block the pipe.

[TyHen1989]

fkin english bastards, leave yoyr fkin scars evry where but on your own doorstep, falklands, wales, afghanistan and iraq. could you imagine the faces of the english if us wales wanted to drown a village of theirs??and dig up the graves of their loved ones and move them just because of a dirty city like liverpool??? 35 out of 36 MP's voted against the flooding od capel coch, the whole thing stinks. freedom for wales!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CYMRU AM BYTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!1

[bubbasmumma1]

@TyHen1989 oh yes because wales is the only place in the world where this has happened??????? grow up get a life, far bigger towns and villages have been flooded all over the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!

[david880brown]

@bubbasmumma1 Its not about the size of the village that there is anger it is about the principle. shouldn't you grow up and open you're eyes

[wibomps]

Just discovered this video - very moving. Very sad

[wrexhamtravellers]

first of all capel celyn, hafod dump, and now the west cheshire/north east wales spital plan, all for liverpool.

[lleullawgyffes123]

this proves that we Wales as a nation in the UK cant stop one city council:( the only way forward is independence! without it we wil be bullied and pushed around for ever! cofiwch dryweryn!

[IlStudioso]

Those f*ckin' English bastards are so f*ckin' greedy. Then England wonders why Scotland, Wales, and N. Ireland wanna be independent. Yeah you, England, you better take a good look at this! When judgment day comes, I hope England will be the first to go.

[williamjamesbrown]

@IlStudioso ... I wouldnt want you to like me with an attitude like that mate. Yes its sad that it had to happen, but Im not gonna go around apologising for passed generations actions. When are people gonna learn, albeit sad, things like this have to happen. we are all one nation after all. I agree, Wales is something of a random choice, presumably based around the fact that it has large unpopulated areas.

[tomd2103]

@williamjamesbrown "When are people gonna learn, albeit sad, things like this have to happen". Why did this have to happen? If you read about the subject you are commenting on, you will find that there was viable alternative option in Cumbria, so it didn't have to happen. As for the actions of past generations, what about members of the current generation who have spent the past decade turning parts of North Wales into Liverpool's private rubbish dump?

[tornadoe13]

@IlStudioso

I am english but I can asureyou that I am not proud of MANY thing the english have done.

do not blame the current generation for A past they had nothing to do with

[N330AA]

@IlStudioso Scotland, Wales and N.Ireland certainly don't want to be independent. England annexed Wales, so it is essentially England anyway.

[N330AA]

@N330AA Just to add, this is a sad story though.

[vince1433]

@IlStudioso ENGLISH GOVERNMENT ASSHOLE GET IT RIGHT!!!!!! i am born english but my heritage is scottish and irish, we can't controll what the government does,it's pricks like you who insist on fighting with your neibours over past injustices when a major threat to all of us is arriving everyday on boats and rotting our countrys from the inside out, not all english men are greedy bastards just like not all welsh men are ignorant wankers like you!

[3tangle3]

@IlStudioso Elan valley lakes and Llyn efyrnwy....were also forced on Wales by english state...flooding welsh speaking villages, but done 1870-1900

[HaiLsKuNkY]

@IlStudioso liverpool are irish immigrants... what you on about?