After a Few Beers in This Pub It's No Wonder If You Feel Moved to Poetry ; Opinion

Western Mail › October 20, 2009

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THERE are few country pubs inWales where you can drink your pint sitting in a carved and polished bardic chair.

The one in the Eagle, opposite the parish church in Llanfihangel- ar-Arth, was awarded in 1923 at the Corwen Eisteddfod for the poemYNos - The Night - and the name of the winner was announced as usual from the pavilion stage. It was said to be Dan Jones of Llanfihangel-ar-Arth, previously unheard of as a practitioner of cynghanedd.

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After a Few Beers in This Pub It's No Wonder If You Feel Moved to Poetry ; Opinion

But it turned out to be someone very different. It was the Rev David Emrys James, known by his bardic name Dewi Emrys a...

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