"Fête galloise d’Abergavenny"

Name of traveller

Auguste François Félix du Marc'hallac'h (1808-1891), Hersart de la Villemarqué (1815–1895), Antoine de Mauduit, Jules de Francheville (1813-1866), Louis de Jacquelot de Boisrouvray

Reason for travel

  • part of the Breton delegation attending the Cymreigyddion Eisteddfod at Abergavenny; cultural tourism

Date of travel

October 1838

Une société historique, fondée dans le pays de Galles, a pris l'initiative et vient de convier les Bretons à une fête nationale. ([Du Marc'hallac'h] 1)

Content

  • customs:
    • description of procedings and speeches at the Cymreigyddion Eisteddfod at Abergavenny
    • claims cultural differences in Europe are disappearing; similarity between Wales and Brittany
    • sees a revival of Welsh culture
    • organisation of annual competitions, i.e. eisteddfodau
    • Bretons have been invited to the eisteddfod
  • language: identifies the Welsh language as Celtic
  • literature: reproduces an extract of a poem by Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869) which was read and well-received at the Cymreigyddion Eisteddfod
  • people:
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Nationality of traveller

Breton, French

Language of publication

French

Gender of traveller

Male

Type of publication

report

Citation

[Du Marc'hallac'h, Auguste François Félix]. "Fête galloise d’Abergavenny." Journal des débats politiques et littéraires (19 October 1838): 1. Print.

Entry created: 19 November 2015
Entry last updated: 23 September 2016