Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru
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Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru (
Welsh nationalist
organisation, which was responsible for a number of bombing incidents between 1963 and 1969. The group's activities primarily targeted infrastructure carrying water to the English city of Liverpool.
MAC was initially set up in response to the flooding of the
electricity pylon at Gellilydan
on the day of his conviction. This led to the arrest and conviction of Owain Williams and John Albert Jones.
The leadership of the organisation was later taken over by
Royal Yacht Britannia
from docking - this too failed to explode. In November 1969 John Jenkins was arrested, and in April 1970 was convicted of eight offences involving explosives and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. In an interview shown on the BBC2 4 July 2009, John Jenkins repeated his intention that the bombs were never planted or timed to hurt people but just to disrupt the ceremony. Although there were further bombings, there is no evidence that MAC were involved.
See also
References
- ^ Thomas, Wyn (2010). Wales and Militancy 1952-1979. Swansea University. p. 332.
Further reading
- Roy Clews (1980), To Dream of Freedom (ISBN 0-904864-95-2
- John Humphries (2008), Freedom Fighters, Wales's Forgotten War 1963–1993
- Wyn Thomas (Gomer, 2013), Hands Off Wales: Nationhood and Militancy, ISBN 978-1-84851-669-4
- Wyn Thomas, 'John Jenkins: The Reluctant Revolutionary?' (y Lolfa, 2019). Hardback: ISBN 978-1-912631-14-8
- Wyn Thomas, 'Hands Off Wales: Nationhood and Militancy' (y Lolfa, 2022). ISBN 978-1-80099-229-0
- Wyn Thomas, 'Tryweryn: A New Dawn?' (y Lolfa, 2023). ISBN 978-1-91263-148-3
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