It has been established by tradition over a hundred years ; and although in common with other British anthems, it has not been established as such by law, it has been used in the context of a national anthem at official governmental ceremonies including the opening of the Welsh Assembly and at receptions of the British monarchy.

In November 2005, he was invited to the Welsh Assembly as a guest speaker by Tory Welsh assembly member William Graham.

However he shocked the Assembly members and Welsh public when he called for the legalization of heroin: " I have never had heroin but since I moved to London from North Wales in ' 67 I have mixed with junkies on a casual and almost daily basis ," he said.

* 1999 – First elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly held.

* Measure of the National Assembly for Wales, a law specific to Wales passed by the Welsh Assembly between 2007 and 2011

Such systems, or variations of them, are used in parts of the United Kingdom ( the Greater London Authority, the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly ), Germany, Lesotho, Mexico, Bolivia and New Zealand.

While First-past-the-post voting is commonly found in countries based on the British parliamentary system, and in Westminster elections in the United Kingdom, the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh National Assembly use a form of PR known as the mixed member system, after New Zealand adopted it in 1993.

* Welsh Assembly

Executive power in the United Kingdom is exercised by the Sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II, via Her Majesty's Government and the devolved national authorities-the Scottish Government, the Welsh Assembly Government and the Northern Ireland Executive.

The Welsh Government and the National Assembly for Wales have more limited powers than those devolved to Scotland, although following the passing of the Government of Wales Act 2006 and the Welsh devolution referendum, 2011, the Assembly can now legislate in some areas through an Act of the National Assembly for Wales.

Following the 2011 election, Welsh Labour held exactly half of the seats in the Assembly, falling just short of an overall majority.

The Senedd-The Welsh Assembly Building

The Siambr-The debating chamber of the Welsh Assembly

* The Additional Member System is used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales ( Welsh Assembly ) and London Assembly.

Plaid has the third-largest number of seats in the National Assembly for Wales, after Welsh Labour and the Welsh Conservative & Unionist Party, and participated with the former in the coalition agreement in the Assembly before the 2011 election.

As a royal clerk, Gerald observed significant political events at first hand, and was offered appointments as bishoprics of Wexford and Leighlin, and apparently at a little later time the bishopric of Ossory and the archbishopric of Cashel, and later the Welsh Bishopric of Bangor and, in 1191, that of Llandaff.

About 13 % of the population of Llandaff can read, write and speak Welsh, while 78 % have no knowledge.

* Idloes Owen, founded the Welsh National Opera, at a meeting in his home, 40 Station Road, Llandaff North, in 1943

* The Welsh artist Ivor Williams lived and painted in Llandaff House until his death in 1982.

A later tradition held that Æthelnoth consecrated two Welsh bishops, one at Llandaff and one at St. David's.

This went against the last half-century of precedent that Canterbury had jurisdiction over the four Welsh sees, a precedent that dated back to Anselm's days when Anselm had consecrated Urban as Bishop of Llandaff in 1107.

During the Welsh Revolt in 1402 Rhys Gethin, General for Owain Glyndŵr, took Caerleon Castle together with those of Newport, Cardiff, Llandaff, Abergavenny, Caerphilly and Usk by force.

William Morgan ( 1545 – 10 September 1604 ) was Bishop of Llandaff and of St Asaph, and the translator of the first version of the whole Bible into Welsh from Greek and Hebrew.

The company also founded two girls ' schools in Llandaff and Denbigh, Wales on behalf Welsh merchant Thomas Howell who bequeathed a sum of money to the foundation ; both schools are independent, separate institutions but the company has a representative in the governing bodies.

The village is best known as the former parish of William Morgan, then a vicar who first translated the Bible into Welsh and later rose to become a Bishop at Llandaff Cathedral and St. Asaph.

The area was formerly home to the Welsh studios of TWW, Teledu Cymru, HTV and S4C's headquarters ; the BBC's Broadcasting House is still nearby in Llandaff.

The Welsh placename of Cwmcarn came about in 942 when Llywarch ap Cadogan gave Villa Treficarn Pont (' estate near the bridge over the Carn ') to a Bishop of Llandaff named Wulfrith with King Cadell's guarantee, i. e. the place where the Carn meets the Ebbw ( now Cwmcarn ).

* Henry Morgan ( of Llandaff ) ( died 1632 ), Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1601

The name Seisyllwg appears in some later sources, such as the Book of Llandaff, the Welsh Triads, and the Welsh laws, the latter of which describes it as one of the three principal subdivisions of South Wales, along with Morgannwg and Reinwg ( probably Dyfed ).

With Welsh as his first language, he attended Ysgol Gynradd Coed-y-Gof and Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf ( in Llandaff North, Cardiff ) for his primary and secondary school education, respectively.

Canton, or Treganna in the Welsh language, was formed around a 13th century Manor in Cardiff and assumed lands from nearby Llandaff and Leckwith parishes under the stewardship of an Earl ( or Baron ) de Kanetune, although today the manor comes under the jurisdiction of the Manor of Llandaff.

* Uhtred ( Bishop of Llandaff ), Welsh Bishop of Llandaff from 1139 to 1148

Rhys was educated via the Welsh language ( Cymraeg )- medium schools, Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Melin Gruffydd ( in Whitchurch, Cardiff ) and Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf ( in Llandaff North, Cardiff ).

* During the first week of August in Wales, the National Eisteddfod of Wales is held, in which many aspects of Welsh art and culture are celebrated.

* 1925 – Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that is at the time in danger of dying out.

* 1904 – The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team ( Welsh & Scottish players ) in Central Park, Wigan, England.

In Chubut, the Welsh community is known for its teahouses, offering scones and torta galesa, which is rather like torta negra.

Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins, CBE ( born 31 December 1937 ), best known as Anthony Hopkins, is a Welsh | deadurl = no

Aberavon ( Welsh: Aberafan ) is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Abercarn is home to Abercarn Rugby Club which is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union.

The name is related to the modern Welsh word gof ( blacksmith ), and so is also associated with the Welsh smith Gofannon from folklore.

In Welsh, the shortened form Y Fenni may have come into use for a very short period after about the 15th century, although pronounced similarly in English or Welsh the English spelling Abergavenny is in general use.

Abergavenny railway station opened 2 January 1854 and is on the Welsh Marches Line.

It is also home to the Abergavenny Welsh society, Cymreigyddion y Fenni, and the local Abergavenny Eisteddfod.

The club suffered relegation from the Welsh Football League in 2001 and has since slipped down through the next two divisions into its current position, although the future is now looking brighter.

It is also possible that the term derives from the Welsh Brit Gweldig, the term for a ruler of Britain.

In Welsh folklore, a similar creature is known as the Hag of the mist.

Irish bua ( Classical Irish buadh ), Buaidheach, Welsh buddugoliaeth ), and that the correct spelling of the name in the British language is Boudica, pronounced ( the closest English equivalent to the vowel in the first syllable is the ow in " bow-and-arrow ").

Like the other Brythonic languages, Welsh and Cornish, it is classified as an Insular Celtic language.

A number of other European languages have cognate words that were borrowed from the Germanic languages during the Middle Ages, including brog in Irish, bwr or bwrc, meaning " wall, rampart " in Welsh, bourg in French, burg in Catalan ( in Catalonia there is a town named Burg ), borgo in Italian, and burgo in Spanish ( hence the place-name Burgos ).