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- ↑ "Eisteddfod chair dedicates poem to Welsh language great". WalesOnline. 7 August 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ↑ "THE TIR NA N-OG AWARDS: PAST WINNERS". Welsh Book Council. Archived from the original on 1 February 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2008.
- ↑ "Gwion Hallam yn ennill Coron Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Môn". BBC News (in Welsh). 7 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ↑ "Y Dair Soprano". S4C. 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
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