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Cofiwch Dryweryn
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Cofiwch Dryweryn (Welsh for 'Remember Tryweryn') is a graffitied stone wall near Llanrhystud, Ceredigion, Wales. Author and journalist Meic Stephens originally painted the words onto the wall of a ruined cottage in the early 1960s after Liverpool City Council decided to start the Tryweryn flooding, including the community of Capel Celyn, to create the Llyn Celyn reservoir.[1] Due to its prominent location, stark message, and history of repeated vandalism, the wall has become an unofficial landmark of mid Wales. The phrase "Cofiwch Dryweryn" has itself become a prominent political slogan for Welsh nationalism, appearing on T-shirts and banners, and as replica murals.[2][3][4][5]
- ^ "Tryweryn: The drowning of a village". BBC Timelines. Archived from the original on 22 October 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ "'National landmark' Cofiwch Dryweryn is defaced". BBC. 29 April 2010.
- ^ Morgon, Sion (24 February 2014). "Vandals deface famous Cofiwch Dryweryn memorial". Wales Online. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ "How an act of anti-Welsh vandalism is fuelling the push for independence". The Guardian. 26 April 2019.
- ^ "How Welsh independence burst into the mainstream". Western Mail (Wales). 26 April 2019.
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