Arthur Joseph "Monkey" Gould was a Welsh international rugby union centre and fullback who was most associated as a club player with Newport Rugby Football Club. He won 27 caps for Wales, 18 as captain, and critics consider him the first superstar of Welsh rugby. A talented all-round player and champion sprinter, Gould could side-step and kick expertly with either foot. He never ceased practising to develop his fitness and skills, and on his death was described as "the most accomplished player of his generation".
Cefn Druids Association Football Club is an association football team based in the village of Cefn Mawr, Wrexham, Wales, who play in the Cymru North after being relegated from the Cymru Premier in 2021–22.
The Football Association of Wales is the governing body of association football and futsal in Wales, and controls the Wales national football team, its corresponding women's team, as well as the Wales national futsal team. It is a member of FIFA, UEFA and the IFAB.
Laurence Roderick Llewelyn-Bowen is an English interior designer and television personality best known for appearing on the BBC programme Changing Rooms.
Llywelyn, Llewelyn or Llewellyn is a name of Welsh language origins. See Llywelyn (name) for the name's etymology, history and other details.
Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Fychan of Caeo was a wealthy Carmarthenshire landowner who was executed in Llandovery by Henry IV of England in punishment for his support of Owain Glyndŵr's Welsh rebellion.
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1949 to Wales and its people.
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1885 to Wales and its people.
Clive Ronald Griffiths, also known by the nickname of "Griff", is a Welsh former dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s, and coached rugby union and rugby league in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, at invitational level for the Barbarian F.C., and at club level for Llanelli RFC, as a full-back, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for St. Helens and Salford, as a fullback, wing or centre, and coached representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Newcastle Emlyn RFC, London Welsh RFC, Swansea RFC, Newport Gwent Dragons, Doncaster Knights, Worcester Warriors and RGC 1404, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for the South Wales and the North Wales Crusaders, and as of 2018 he is the Director of Rugby at the Doncaster Knights.
Griffith Powell was a philosopher and Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, from 1613 to 1620.
Arfon Trevor Griffiths MBE is a Welsh former football player and manager. During his playing career which lasted from 1959 to 1979, Griffiths played at both professional and international levels, before becoming a football manager.
William Keri Jones is a Welsh dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Cardiff RFC, as a Wing, i.e. number 11 or 14, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and at club level for Wigan, as a wing. He was also an accomplished track and field athlete having represented Wales at the 1966 Jamaica Commonwealth Games.
Ruabon Druids F.C. were a football club based in the village of Ruabon near Wrexham, Wales. The club was founded in October 1872 as 'Ruabon Rovers F.C.' by David Thomson and his brother, George, of Ruabon. In 1874 Ruabon Rovers F.C. became Plasmadoc F.C. before changing their name to Druids F.C. in 1876.
The 1921 Cardiganshire by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Cardiganshire on 18 February 1921. The election was important for the bitterness of the contest between the Coalition and Independent factions within the Liberal Party and the deepening of this division within the party as a factor in the long-term decline of Liberalism in Wales.
William Addams Williams Evans was a Welsh churchman who played for the Wales national football team, in the first two international matches in 1876 and 1877 before a long career as a Church of England minister.
Llewelyn C. Davies (1881-1961) was a Welsh international footballer. He played club football for Wrexham, Everton and West Bromwich Albion, playing on two occasions alongside his younger brother Arthur.
Greg Hill edited The Anglo-Welsh Review, taking over as Reviews Editor in 1980 and becoming the main editor in 1985 until the journal's demise in 1988. He has been involved in a number of other literary projects in Wales, including the journal Materion Dwyieithog/Bilingual Matters, published annually between 1989 and 1992, the results of work done with students at Coleg Ceredigion where he was Head of Humanities.
Hawys Gadarn (Hawys ferch Owain ap Gruffudd ap Gwenwynwyn), also known as the Hardy, the Powerful, the Intrepid, and Hawise de la Pole, (1291 – c. 1353) was the daughter of Owen de la Pole and the heir to Powys Wenwynwyn in Wales. She was married to John Charleton after seeking the intervention of Edward II of England to support her inheritance against the schemes of four of her uncles to take her lands.
Rhys Llewelyn Norrington-Davies is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a defender for Sheffield United and the Wales national team.
