"Tro yng Ngogledd Cymru"

Name of traveller

Taldir (François Jaffrennou) (1879-1956)

Reason for travel

• attending the Cardiff Eisteddfod and visiting friends

Date of travel

summer 1899

Content

• art: contains a photograph of Taldir (François Jaffrennou) attending the Cardiff Eisteddfod, wearing his Breton costume
• customs:
  • people in north Wales perceived as particularly welcoming, even more than in the south
  • finds in Wales a cultural model for Brittany
• industry: visits a slate quarry and is guided underground by the manager
• language:
  • finds spoken Welsh of poor quality and half mixed with English
  • has taught himself Welsh from a book
• people:
  • Lionel Radiguet (1857-1936) attends the National Eisteddfod
  • visits parents of his friend Pwyntil Meirion (John Edwards), at the time art student in Paris
  • visits many people, especially poets
• recreation: goes on a boat trip on the Menai Strait
• transport: travels by boat, car, mine cart and train
• compare with follow-up essay
• compare with descriptions of the Cardiff Eisteddfod by other Breton delegates

Nationality of traveller

Breton, French

Language of publication

Welsh

Gender of traveller

Male

Type of publication

essay; travelogue

Citation

Taldir (François Jaffrennou). "Tro yng Ngogledd Cymru." Cymru 17 (1899): 221-4. Print.