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JONES, EDWARD ('Iorwerth Goes Hir ' 1824 - 1880), poet, musician, and politician

Name: Edward Jones
Pseudonym: Iorwerth Goes Hir
Date of birth: 1824
Date of death: 1880
Gender: Male
Occupation: poet, musician, and politician
Area of activity: Music; Poetry; Politics, Government and Political Movements
Author: Daniel Bertram Jones

Born at Tŷ Cynnes, Llansantffraid, Glyndyfrdwy. A cobbler by trade, he was a poet by nature, and wrote much in both free and strict metres. He excelled as an englynwr and was awarded the prize at the Aberystwyth national eisteddfod for his englyn on 'Chwilen Colorado.' He was, besides, a gifted musician and enlightened politician. He was a member of a well-known bardic fraternity in Edeirnion, which included Dewi Havhesp (tailor), Rhuddfryn (stonemason), Llew Hiraethog (farmer), Elis Wyn o Wyrfai (rector of Llangwm) and others. His poems were edited by Rhuddfryn, and published, with a preface by H. Cernyw Williams, at Corwen, 1881. He died 14 April 1880.

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Published date: 1959

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