Ardal dynodi
Cod cyfeirnod
Teitl
Dyddiad(au)
- 1868-1874 (Creation)
Lefel y disgrifiad
Ffeil
Maint a chyfrwng
Ardal cyd-destun
Enw'r crëwr
Hanes bywgraffyddol
John Ceiriog Hughes, poet, was born John Hughes in Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, on 25 September 1832. At a very young age he had poems published in the periodical Baner Cymru and edited a poetry column in Y Greal. His first poetical mentor was Robert Ellis (Cynddelw). In 1849 Hughes moved to Manchester, obtaining a job as goods station clerk in London Road. The young man soon entered the circle of influential Welsh literary figures living at that time in Manchester, a circle which included William Williams (Creuddynfab), Robert Jones Derfel and John Jones (Idris Fychan). It was R. J. Derfel who taught Hughes the value of Wales, the Welsh language and its poetical tradition and it was under his influence that Hughes added 'Ceiriog' to his name. Idris Fychan passed on to Hughes his love of collecting Welsh airs and melodies, a practice which Hughes kept up throughout his life. His poetical and other works were published in several volumes, beginning with Oriau'r Hwyr (Ruthin, 1860). Cant o Ganeuon (Wrexham, 1863) was a collection of Welsh airs to which he had added words of his own composition, effectively rendering the airs into songs. The composer Brinley Richards included Hughes's words to music in his Songs of Wales (London, 1873). In 1865 Hughes returned to Wales and took up the post of station-master at Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, transferring in 1870 to Tywyn, Merioneth. In 1871 he was appointed railway inspector on the newly-opened line between Caersws, Montgomeryshire, and the Van lead mines near Llanidloes. He died in 1887 and was buried at Llanwnog, Montgomeryshire. A collection of Hughes's last poems, Yr Oriau Olaf, was published by Isaac Foulkes (Llyfrbryf) in 1888. Ceiriog was survived by his wife Annie Catherine Hughes (née Roberts, d. 1931), who he had married in 1861, and four children.
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Hanes bywgraffyddol
Enw'r crëwr
Hanes bywgraffyddol
Hanes archifol
Ffynhonnell
Ardal cynnwys a strwythur
Natur a chynnwys
Letters, June 1868, from John Ceiriog Hughes to John Roberts concerning the publication of a national anthem on the 'March of the Men of Harlech', with English and Welsh words by John Ceiriog Hughes, entitled 'Guard our Gracious Queen', 'Arglwydd Cadw Hi'; a letter, 1874, from Ira David Sankey granting permission to John Roberts (Ieuan Gwyllt) to translate any of his hymns into Welsh; and a draft letter by John Roberts concerning a post on Yr Amserau.
Gwerthuso, dinistrio ac amserlennu
Croniadau
System o drefniant
Ardal amodau mynediad a defnydd
Amodau rheoli mynediad
Amodau rheoli atgynhyrchu
Iaith y deunydd
Sgript o ddeunydd
Nodiadau iaith a sgript
Welsh, English.
Cyflwr ac anghenion technegol
Cymhorthion chwilio
Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961), p. 180.
Ardal deunyddiau perthynol
Bodolaeth a lleoliad y gwreiddiol
Bodolaeth a lleoliad copïau
Unedau o ddisgrifiad cysylltiedig
Ardal nodiadau
Nodiadau
Title based on contents.
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Formerly R. H. Richards MS 6.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 9918E.