Wales and its History

  Many people seem to think the Welsh dragon was first used by the Henry Tudor but the Welsh were known to be using a dragon flag around 900 years before.  The red dragon also plays a part in Welsh mythology, which is a lot older still. A number of people say the first Welsh kings after the Romans left used the a dragon flag of some sort but the first use of  a dragon as we know it today was by Cadwaladr ap Cadwallon around 655

There are a number of people who seem to hate so-called ''nationalists' so much they can't handle the idea of Welsh people having any kind of national heroes or historical achievements, so they tell blatant lies to deny these things; they even claim there were no Welsh people before Wales was annexed in the 16th century. They have nothing to back them up, all the sources of the time prove them to be completely wrong on everything, nothing they say is true in any way whatsoever, here are the favrotes regarding Owain Glyndwr, but another one is the 8000 who fought for England against Llyweyyn, they act like the south Welsh army had a choice and fought Llywelyn because they didnt like him or seen him as a foreigner, but this is the middle ages, South Wales was mostly in English hands, ruled by marcher lords, people in these lord ships were required to fight when called upon, , its the sam with the Welsh army that fought wallace in Scotland, many sources say they didnt want...

Some violent events in the violent history of Wales, i need more, can anyone help me?  Like it or not, you can't deny it, Wales is a conquered nation. what is often ignored is how brutal this conquest was. people were booted off their lands, English towns were built and populated with English people, the Welsh people were excluded from these places and forced into famine and death, It is these ENGLISH towns that were atacked by Owain Glyndwr, some people twist it and say he attacked Welsh towns, they wasnt Welsh towns at the time. Below are the words written by Llywelyn ap Gruffudd in a letter to the English 2 months before he was killed in 1282. You can't get a more primary source than this; it gives you an idea of how Welsh people were treated. It is time the Welsh people of today were made aware of these things because, after all, those treated like this were Welsh people, too, and some of you are descended from them. what evils have been wrought upon us by the English, how...