History of WalesHanes Cymru / Tudors to IndustryY Tuduriaid a Diwydiant
1683–1761
His circulating schools taught a large share of the Welsh people to read, in Welsh.Dysgodd ei ysgolion cylchynol gyfran helaeth o bobl Cymru i ddarllen, a hynny yn Gymraeg.
Griffith Jones was rector of Llanddowror in Carmarthenshire. From 1731 he organised circulating schools: teachers stayed in a parish for about three months, usually in winter when farm work was light, teaching children and adults to read the Welsh Bible.
By his death in 1761 thousands of schools had been held and a large part of the population had learned to read. Catherine the Great of Russia had a report made on the scheme.
Rheithor Llanddowror yn Sir Gaerfyrddin oedd Griffith Jones. O 1731 trefnodd ysgolion cylchynol: byddai athrawon yn aros mewn plwyf am tua thri mis, fel arfer yn y gaeaf pan oedd gwaith fferm yn ysgafn, gan ddysgu plant ac oedolion i ddarllen y Beibl Cymraeg.
Erbyn ei farwolaeth yn 1761 roedd miloedd o ysgolion wedi’u cynnal a rhan fawr o’r boblogaeth wedi dysgu darllen.
Griffith Jones begins schools that move from parish to parish, teaching many thousands to read Welsh.Mae Griffith Jones yn dechrau ysgolion sy’n symud o blwyf i blwyf, gan ddysgu miloedd lawer i ddarllen Cymraeg.
Born at Pembroke Castle, he landed in Wales in 1485, won at Bosworth and founded the Tudor dynasty.Fe’i ganed yng Nghastell Penfro. Glaniodd yng Nghymru yn 1485, enillodd ym Mosworth a sefydlu llinach y Tuduriaid.
Translated the full Bible into Welsh in 1588. His prose became the standard for written Welsh.Cyfieithodd y Beibl cyfan i’r Gymraeg yn 1588. Daeth ei ryddiaith yn safon i’r Gymraeg ysgrifenedig.
Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, who travelled the Celtic lands and showed that their languages were related.Ceidwad Amgueddfa’r Ashmolean, a deithiodd y gwledydd Celtaidd a dangos bod eu hieithoedd yn perthyn.
Fiery preacher of the Methodist revival who founded a religious community at Trefeca.Pregethwr tanbaid y diwygiad Methodistaidd a sefydlodd gymuned grefyddol yn Nhrefeca.