Frongoch

Coordinates: 52°56′31″N 3°37′44″W / 52.942°N 3.629°W / 52.942; -3.629
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Frongoch
Calvinistic Methodist Cwmtirmynach Chapel
Frongoch is located in Gwynedd
Frongoch
Frongoch
Location within Gwynedd
OS grid referenceSH905392
Community
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBALA
Postcode districtLL23
Dialling code01678
PoliceNorth Wales
FireNorth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
List of places
UK
Wales
Gwynedd
52°56′31″N 3°37′44″W / 52.942°N 3.629°W / 52.942; -3.629

Frongoch is a village located in

A4212 road
.

It was the home of the

1916 Rising
.

History

Whisky

By the late 1800s, Frongoch was the main centre for whisky production in Wales. The distillery was bought by Scottish whisky companies and closed in 1910.[1][2]

Prison camp

Main article: Frongoch internment camp

The former distillery buildings (see above) were requisitioned by the UK government and used as a prisoner of war camp for German prisoners during World War One . After the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland it was used to imprison 500 of the Irish Volunteer Army rank and file. Among them were Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith .[3]

Railway station

Main article: Frongoch railway station

Bala Ffestiniog Line
. It closed to passenger services on 2 January 1960 and freight services on 27 January 1961. The station building and signal box are now a private residence.

Cwmtirmynach Chapel

The

RCAHMW describes as a "Lombardic/Italian style".[4] The folk singer Robert Roberts (Bob Tai'r Felin) was precentor at the chapel for nearly 50 years.[5] There is weekly worship and the current minister is Hywel Edwards.[6]

Education

There is a Welsh-medium primary school, Ysgol Bro Tryweryn, in the village. There were 58 pupils aged between 3 and 11 years on roll in 2017.[7] As of January 2018, the school had the highest percentage of pupils (aged 5 and over) who spoke Welsh fluently at home in Wales, at 97.4%.[8]

References

  1. ISBN 0-86243-315-0
    .
  2. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6
    .
  3. ^ "BBC - Wales History: Frongoch Prison Camp". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Cwmtirmynach Chapel (Welsh Calvinistic Methodist), Glan-yr-Afon, Cwm Tirmynach (8493)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  5. ^ "ROBERTS, ROBERT ('Bob Tai'r Felin '; 1870 - 1951), folk singer". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  6. ^ "The Presbyterian Church of Wales - Cwmtirmynach". Ebcpcw.cymru. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Ysgol Bro Tryweryn". mylocalschool.wales.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Children speaking Welsh at home". gov.wales. Welsh Government. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

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