Plaid Cymru marks 100 years where it all began

PLAID Cymru held major celebrations in Pwllheli to mark the 100th anniversary of its founding.

- By STEVE BAGNALL Daily Post Reporter

On August 5, 1925, in the Maes Gwyn building in Pwllheli, Plaid Cymru was founded. A century later, the party returned to the town on Saturday to mark this historic milestone.

That year, the National Eisteddfod was held in Pwllheli, and during the festival week, six men came together to unite two movements - Byddin Ymreolwyr Cymru (the "Home Rule Army of Wales") and y Mudiad Cymreig ("The Welsh Movement") - to establish what would become the National Party of Wales. The party adopted the name Plaid Cymru in 1945, a Plaid Cymru statement said.