JONES, HUGH ('Gwyndaf Ieuanc '; fl. 1812), poet

Name: Hugh Jones
Pseudonym: Gwyndaf Ieuanc
Gender: Male
Occupation: poet
Area of activity: Poetry
Author: Ray Looker

reputedly born at Pen-y-groes, a smallholding in the parish of Llanwnda, Caernarfonshire. He was a carpenter by trade, and a Calvinistic Methodist. He took an interest in poetry and mastered the strict metres. Unfortunately only a few of his works are extant. His awdl, ' Arwyrain Amaethyddiaeth ', in praise of agriculture which was composed for Tremadog eisteddfod in 1812, was published in Cell Callestr. Some of his compositions also appeared in the Welsh monthly periodicals. He is said to have moved towards the end of his life to live at Nantlle and died there. It is not known whether he was buried there or at Llanwnda.

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Published date: 2001

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