The legend of Owain Glyndwr (part 1 of 8)

Part 1 of 8 uploads of a great BBC documentary about the hero the world needs to know more about. An intellectual, cultured, last Welsh-born Prince of Wales who reluctantly led his countrymen to war against England in the 15th century and came so close to achieving a remarkable transformation of his country.

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[Glywysing942]

It's sad that the only way for Welsh people to find out about Glyndwr and Welsh medieval history in general is to go looking for it themselves. This stuff should be taught in Welsh schools and given a higher public profile. Unfortunately Welsh kids are only taught about English history and the English kings, and made to think of them as their own. In fact the only specifically Welsh history I was taught was simply about the Industrial Revolution and the coal mines.

[Gwenalltapowain]

@2manynegativewaves

Oi looooser,, tosser,, idiot and muppet!!

You are the most hated nation on gods earth! You tried to abolish our language culture and heritage and land,, YOU LOT tried wiping us of this planet and you failed !!! We will NEVER FORGET, and history will continue through generations,

We have never had a problem with our Celtic cosins!!!!

[gratzy2]

@XxGREATxBRITAINxX LOOOOOOOOL you seem as fake as your name

[XxGREATxBRITAINxX]

@gratzy2 I would knock you the fuck out if I ever met you.

[gratzy2]

@XxGREATxBRITAINxX plus brittany, cornwall, northern ireland, catalan, basques, isle of mann, the chechens, hawaii, taiwan, puerto rico, bermuda, palestine. wowwwwwwwww end of the world surely lol....you belend. and GREAT britian is a disgrace to be called that

[XxGREATxBRITAINxX]

Next it'll be the Welsh wanting independence adn then the whole world will truly be upside down!

[gratzy2]

@yippitydodah agreed. owain glyndwr even did more for wales before he died than prince charles will EVER do for wales in his fucking life

[yippitydodah]

So if Wills and Kate expect a baby, and it is a boy, and if Wills is still based on Anglesey with the RAF, will we see, eventually, a new welsh born future Prince of Wales. Myself hope it happens, but I hope he doesn't have a gog accent though - nobody would be able to understand him, outside Gwynedd.

[GCmediacourse]

Glyndwr is better than William Wallace

[bonzey1171]

@glyndwr65

Thanks for uploading this documentary. Also thanks for the heads up on the upcoming BBC history of Wales documentary. I will keep my eyes peeled. It sounds right up my alley. Probably be near impossible to find over here. Maybe someone will (I hope) upload it after it makes it's spiffing debut. That would be fantastic. Thanks again!

[MrEuge1993]

People dont realise that even now, with the parliment and the prince of wales, we are all run by english. We should appoint our own new king.