- Talysarn
Talysarn is a
village in theslate quarryingNantlle Valley inGwynedd ,Wales .The
Welsh language poet Robert Williams Parry was born in 37, Station Road, Talysarn, where a plaque designed by R.L. Gapper commemorates the connection. Other persons connected with the village wereAnnant , quarryman, preacher andbard ,Gwilym R. Jones , bard andjournalist , andIdwal Jones author of the Welsh language radio series "SOS, Galw Gari Tryfan".The
19th century methodist preacher John Jones, 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.The song "Ciosg Talysarn" by Welsh
Folk singer,Dafydd Iwan , was written after two secret agents were found bugging a public telephone in Talysarn in 1982.External links
* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3491674 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Talysarn and surrounding area]
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