From the snowy peaks of Snowdonia to the glorious Wales Coastal Path, this compelling compendium is a fact-filled journey through Wales’ most iconic landmarks and popular tourist attractions. Experience the country’s immense history, from the breathtaking World Heritage Sites to the UK’s first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and the countless castles, secluded beaches, mystical rivers and hidden gems which can be found across the land. This handy book can be dipped into time and time again to reveal something new about the people, the heritage and the secrets of Cymru.
Ok, how about this: in Wales, on 13 May 1897, Guglielmo Marconi (18741937) sent the first ever wireless communication over open sea. It traversed the water from Lavernock Point to Flat Holm Island, a distance of 3.7 miles (6km).
John Metcalf: John Metcalf (b. 1946) wrote his first opera in 1979, but it was his affinity with the words of fellow Swanseaborn talent Dylan Thomas which saw him nominated at the International Opera Awards for his seventh opera, ...
Vulcana was the stage name of a Welsh strongwoman who could 'lift a man above her head with a single hand'. A reallife Wonder Woman, the story of her unconventional lifestyle and progressive views on female equality are just as ...
The Collegiate Church of St Nicholas, located between Market Street and Church Street in Galway city is the largest medieval parish church in Ireland in continuous use as a place of worship. It is very much at the heart of Galway's life ...
... buildings, etc. What do they most like about Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland? u Look at pictures online of national costumes and symbols – Welsh dragons, Scottish kilts, Irish leprechauns, the daffodil, the thistle, the shamrock etc ...
A number of these men, 'absent in mind', were sent to the United Counties Lunatic Asylum in Carmarthen (built in 1865) ... It was established by Steven John to commemorate men and women from Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire ...
GRIEVANCES IN THE WORKPLACE The bulk of the population in modern Oxfordshire's villages pursue work and lifestyles that would have been as alien to the nineteenthcentury residents of those same villages as a commune of vegetarian ...
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In the parish of Cloughaneely, it was traditional for ground hurling to be played between townlands until nightfall on Christmas Day, after a drop of poteen had been taken. Commonplaying (an early form of hurling) was also recorded in ...
This book is guaranteed to entertain, amuse and surprise everyone who picks it up.