MORRIS, DAVID (Eiddil Gwent; c. 1798 - 1878), author

Born about 1798. He was a cobbler by trade and spent the greater part of his life at Tredegar. He wrote a great deal of poetry and prose and was one of the leading members of the Abergavenny Cymreigyddion. His poems were popular and some of his songs or ballads are sung to this day, e.g., the one commencing ' Can mlynedd i nawr.' At the Tredegar Cymmrodorion eisteddfod, 1862, he was successful with his History of Tredegar, which was published in 1868. He spent the last years of his life as an inmate of the workhouse at Tredegar. He died when he was about 80 years old.

Author

• Thomas Isfryn Jones

Sources

• William Williams, Cân, Llên, a Gwerin sef cynhyrchion y diweddar Myfyr Wyn (Aberdâr 1908)
• Powell, History of Tredegar subject of competition at Tredegar 'Chair Eisteddfod', held February the 25th, 1884 (Newport 1902), 1902
• Morris, Hanes Tredegar o ddechreuad y gwaith haiarn hyd yr amser presenol, 1868

Additional Links

• Wikidata: Q28360895

Published date: 1959

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