Talysarn

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Tal-y-sarn (Welsh pronunciation^ⓘ) is a village in the slate quarrying Nantlle Valley in Gwynedd, Wales, next to Penygroes. It is part of the community of Llanllyfni and includes some of Llandwrog.^[1] The ward had a population of 1,930 at the 2011 census, the built-up area having a population of 1,086.^[2]

The Welsh language poet Robert Williams Parry was born in 37, Station Road, Tal-y-sarn, where a plaque designed by R. L. Gapper commemorates the connection.^[3] Other persons connected with the village were Annant, quarryman, preacher and bard, Gwilym R. Jones, bard and journalist, Idwal Jones [cy] author of the Welsh-language radio series SOS, Galw Gari Tryfan and Dame Elan Closs Stephens DBE (born 1948) a Welsh educator and Wales' representative on the BBC Board.

The 19th century methodist preacher John Jones, Tal-y-sarn, is also connected with the village, not by birth but because he settled here, becoming a shopkeeper and quarry owner as a sideline to his main vocation.^[4]

The song "Ciosg Talysarn" by the Welsh folk singer Dafydd Iwan was written after two secret agents were found bugging a public telephone in Tal-y-sarn in 1982.^[5]

Tal-y-sarn is covered by a Neighbourhood Policing Team based in the nearby village of Pen-y-groes.^{[citation needed]}

Welsh Language

According to the United Kingdom Census 2021, 72.3 per cent of all usual residents aged 3+ in Talysarn can speak Welsh.^[6] 79.2 per cent of the population noted that they could speak, read, write or understand Welsh.^[7] The 2011 census noted 70.7 per cent of all usual residents aged 3 years and older in the village could speak Welsh.

Notes

^ Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel; Menna, Baines; Lynch, Peredur I., eds. (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 502. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.
^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Talysarn built-up area (1119885417)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
^ Parry, Thomas (2001). PARRY , ROBERT WILLIAMS ( 1884 - 1956 ), poet, univ. lecturer. Dictionary of Welsh Biography.
^ Roberts, G. T (1957). "John Jones Tal-y-Sarn (1796-1857)". Trafodion Cymdeithas Hanes Sir Gaernarfon. cyfrol 18.
^ The British Inheritance: A Treasury of Historic Documents. University of California Press. 1999. p. 144. ISBN 9780520224704.
^ "Welsh Language Change in the percentage of people aged three years or older able to speak Welsh by LSOA 2011 to 2021 | DataMapWales". datamap.gov.wales. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ "Welsh language skills (detailed) - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 December 2022.