The stories behind the designs. Every piece Made in Cymru produces starts with something real - a year, a match, a song, a place.
Y Stori is where those stories live.
Y Wladfa: The Welsh Settlement in Patagonia That Refused to Disappear
In 1865, 153 Welsh settlers sailed to Patagonia to build a new Wales beyond Wales. Y Wladfa is still there, and around 5,000 people still speak Welsh. This is the story.
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Yma O Hyd: The Song That Would Not Go Quiet
Yma O Hyd means still here. Dafydd Iwan wrote it in 1983 as an act of defiance. Forty years later the Red Wall sang it across Europe. This is the story behind the song and the hoodie.
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The Welsh Not: The Dark History Behind the Welsh Language
The story of the Welsh Not — the wooden token used in 19th-century Welsh schools to punish children for speaking their own language. How it worked, the damage it caused, and why the language survived.
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Owain Glyndŵr: The Last Native Prince of Wales and His Enduring Legacy
The story of Owain Glyndŵr — the Welsh nobleman who started a fifteen-year rebellion, held the first Welsh parliament at Machynlleth and became the enduring symbol of Welsh pride.
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