This was in retaliation for a raid led by the Welsh rulers Gruffydd ap Rhydderch, Rhys ap Rhydderch, and Gruffydd ap Llywelyn.

Hirwaun moor, 4 miles to the north west of Aberdare, was according to tradition the scene of a battle at which Rhys ap Tewdwr, prince of Dyfed, was defeated by the allied forces of the Norman Robert Fitzhamon and Iestyn ap Gwrgant, the last Welsh prince of Glamorgan.

Griffith Rhys Jones-or Caradog as he was commonly known-was the Conductor of the famous ' Côr Mawr ' of some 460 voices ( the South Wales Choral Union ), which twice won first prize at Crystal Palace choral competitions in London in the 1870s.

Flockhart's last appearance on television was as Kitty Walker, opposite Sally Field, Rachel Griffiths and Matthew Rhys, in the ABC prime time series Brothers & Sisters, which premiered in September 2006 in the time slot after Desperate Housewives.

John Rhys later theorized that the tribal name was derived from the name of a Celtic goddess Domnu, probably meaning " the goddess of the deep ".

Apologetically, in a letter to Keidrych Rhys, editor of literary magazine Wales, Thomas ' father wrote that he was " afraid Dylan isn't much of a Welshman ".

This was followed briefly by Smith and Goody ( with Bob Goody ) and then the comedy sketch series Alas Smith and Jones, co-starring Griff Rhys Jones, its title being a pun on the name of the American TV series Alias Smith and Jones.

The account reads, " Richard ’ s horse was trapped in the marsh where he was slain by one of Rhys Thomas ’ men, a commoner named Wyllyam Gardynyr.

Rhys ap Gruffydd or ap Gruffudd ( Anglicised to " Griffith ") ( 1132 – 28 April 1197 ) was the ruler of the kingdom of Deheubarth in south Wales.

Rhys's grandfather, Rhys ap Tewdwr, was king of Deheubarth, and was killed at Brecon in 1093 by Bernard de Neufmarche.

Rhys's father, Gruffydd ap Rhys, was eventually able to become ruler of a small portion, and more territory was won back by Rhys's older brothers after Gruffydd's death.

Rhys made an alliance with Owain Gwynedd and after the failure of another invasion of Wales by Henry in 1165 was able to win back most of his lands.

In 1171 Rhys made peace with King Henry and was confirmed in possession of his recent conquests as well as being named Justiciar of South Wales.

Rhys was the second son of Gruffydd ap Rhys, ruler of part of Deheubarth, and Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd, daughter of Gruffudd ap Cynan, king of Gwynedd.

Deheubarth was one of the traditional kingdoms of Wales, shown here as they were in 1093 when Rhys ap Tewdwr died.

Rhys ap Tewdwr was killed in Brycheiniog, and most of his kingdom was taken over by Norman lords.

Gruffydd ap Rhys was forced to flee to Ireland.

The terms were much harsher than those offered to Owain: Rhys was stripped of all his possessions apart from Cantref Mawr, though he was promised one other cantref.

When Henry Tudor landed in Pembrokeshire, Wales in 1485 to make a bid for the throne, his descent from Rhys was one of the factors which enabled him to attract Welsh support ( Henry flew a ( Welsh ) dragon banner at the battle of Bosworth Field ).

Rosamund probably first met the King when he passed by Clifford Castle in 1163 during one of his campaigns in Wales against Rhys ap Gruffydd.

The original character is often said to have been based on one Thomas Jones ( c. 1530-1609 ) who, according to the Oxford Companion to the Literature of Wales, was pardoned for unspecified offences in 1559, wrote poetry, was a steward who " often had recourse to the law ", and married the widow of Thomas Rhys Williams of Ystrad-ffin.

* In one of the ' Head-to-Head ' dialogue sketches in the BBC comedy series Alas Smith and Jones Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones reminisce about the war and about the songs of the era.

However, according to Rhys Thomas, all but one pair had orange felt on the soles.

Ashling, now known as the Extinguisher, has a central role in this shift, and it falls to Rhys ( an elvish hero in this place ) and Maralen, a mysterious elf and one of the very few unchanged by the transformation, to discover why.

Thomas William Rhys Davids was one of three British civil servants who were posted to Sri Lanka, in the 19th century, the others being George Turnour, and Robert Caesar Childers ( 1838 – 1876 ).

High profile players since the club's inception include Pavlich, the league's equal tallest ever player Aaron Sandilands, former captains Peter Bell and Shaun McManus, former number one draft pick Clive Waterhouse, winners of the AFL Rising Star award Paul Hasleby and Rhys Palmer, Jeff Farmer, Luke McPharlin and Hayden Ballantyne.

For example: several skits from the cult 1960s TV show At Last the 1948 Show were resuscitated by John Cleese ( one of that show's creators ) and performed by him with various Amnesty show cast members, including fellow Pythons ( Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman ) and other peers ( John Bird, John Fortune and Tim Brooke-Taylor ( the last also an At Last the 1948 Show writer / star ), younger performers ( Rowan Atkinson and Griff Rhys Jones ), and Cleese's then wife, actress / writer Connie Booth.

British comedians Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones appeared as a cheesy keyboard and bass duo during the end credits of one series of their long-running sketch show.

Boardman's book about the 1976 Changabang expedition, The Shining Mountain, is one of the outstanding works of mountaineering literature, and won the 1979 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for literature.

This may, however, be one of the many reasons ( s ) he is regarded with little respect by the drudak ' ak, in addition to the schism between the modernist and traditionalist dwarfs, Rhys being regarded as a conservative member of the former group.

He married 1946 Susan Rhys Williams, daughter of Sir Rhys Rhys Williams Bt ( and thus probably his first cousin ), and had issue one daughter Victoria ( one other daughter Caroline deceased 1981 ).

The town now forms an electoral division of Cyngor Gwynedd, electing one councillor ; in 2008 Guto Rhys Tomos, an Independent, was elected.

Dinefwr was the chief seat of the kingdom of Deheubarth and the seat of Rhys ap Gruffydd, one of the early kings of Wales.

Due to this difference, the titles have separated on one occasion: the Dukedom of Ciudad Rodrigo passed to the 7th Duchess of Ciudad Rodrigo ( Anne Maud Rhys ) and the Dukedom of Wellington passed to her uncle ( Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington ).

According to a 2008 television programme, presented by Griff Rhys Jones, “ the flame has only been extinguished once, by a drunken Mexican football supporter on the night that France beat Brazil here in Paris ,” most likely referring to the 1998 FIFA World Cup Final.

He is most famous for his work on the sketch comedy shows Not the Nine O ' Clock News and Alas Smith and Jones along with his comedy partner Griff Rhys Jones.

In 1981, Smith and Griff Rhys Jones founded TalkBack Productions, a company that has produced many of the most significant British comedy shows of the past two decades, including Smack the Pony, Da Ali G Show, I'm Alan Partridge and Big Train.

William FitzMartin was married to Rhys's daughter Angharad, and, according to Giraldus, Rhys " had solemnly sworn, by the most precious relics, that his indemnity and security should be faithfully maintained ".

In the south, Gruffydd ap Rhys was killed in 1137, but his four sons, who all ruled Deheubarth in turn, were eventually able to win back most of their grandfather's kingdom from the Normans.

Gerald returned, and his cause was now supported by the Princes of Wales, most notably Llywelyn the Great, and Gruffydd ap Rhys II, while King John, frequently in conflict with the Welsh, warmly espoused the cause of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Her most recent work includes collaborations with Rhys Fulber's solo project, Conjure One.

Some scholars, most prominently Kyle Gann, consider him ( and Rhys Chatham ) to be a member of the totalist school of post-minimalism.

This led to the Norman conquest of most of his kingdom, with his son Gruffydd ap Rhys temporarily reduced to being a fugitive.

Of the first three, only Cadell reigned for more than a few years, but the youngest of the four, Rhys ap Gruffydd ( The Lord Rhys ), ruled from 1155 to 1197, and after Owain Gwynedd's death in 1170 made Deheubarth the most powerful of the Welsh kingdoms.

* Wayfarer's Words, V. I-III-A compilation of most of C. A. F. Rhys Davids articles and lectures, mostly from the latter part of her career.

* Art rock or experimental rock — this is a term with several different meanings, depending on one's milieu, but two are most relevant to Downtown music: 1. originally, music made by visual artists, presumably musical amateurs, often tending toward surreal theater, as in the early performances of Glenn Branca and Jeffrey Lohn ; and 2. subsequent to Rhys Chatham's influence, a transferral of minimalism to the instruments of rock music, resulting in static pieces played on electric guitars, generally with a backbeat.

* Kai Owen, Welsh actor most noticeable for his role in Torchwood as Rhys Williams

Rhys and Eggsy have appeared together on many TV shows as presenters and guest presenters, most recently " Sport Wales " and an Olympics TV show.

The programme features interviews with several of the UK's most successful television comedy writers and performers including Steve Coogan, Matt Lucas, David Walliams, Paul Whitehouse, Griff Rhys Jones and Ardal O ' Hanlon, all of whom have worked with Linehan.

Probably the most famous people to be executed there were Rhys ap Maredudd, a Welsh nobleman and rebel, hanged in 1292, and Dick Turpin, who was hanged in 1739.

In the 17th century the castle's lord, Sir Roland Rhys, a former pirate captain, is alleged to have kept a Barbary Ape, most likely a mandrill, inside the castle.

Wide Sargasso Sea put Rhys into the limelight once more, and became her most successful novel.

Adrian ( Rhys Ifans ) is the most devious, Cassius ( Tom Lister Jr ) is the cruelest and Nicky ( Adam Sandler ) is their father's favourite.

* Rhys Darby, stand up comedian most notorious for his portrayal of Flight of the Conchords manager ' Murray '.

Highlights of the programme include: Sky Arts Ignition Series, in partnership with Tate Liverpool, will present a major public commission by acclaimed US artist, Doug Aitken, which will be installed on Albert Dock in a temporary structure designed by David Adjaye ; American superstar Rhys Chatham, renowned for his large-scale performance works will present a concert as part of the opening weekend ; one of Argentina's most established and internationally renowned artists, Jorge Macchi, presents a commission in which an object is wedged precariously in a public location ; Israeli artist, Oded Hirsch will present a work which will burst through the floor of the Liverpool ONE shopping centre ; and Liverpool ’ s famous Cunard building being opened to the public for the first time to provide an unusual exhibition venue.