Tryweryn Valley

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Tryweryn Valley is a former Welsh valley in Gwynedd that became a symbol of Welsh nationalism after being controversially flooded in the 1960s to create a reservoir, leading to the drowning of the village of Capel Celyn.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf valley
associatedWithEvent Capel Celyn flooding
associatedWithMovement Plaid Cymru NERFINISHED
Welsh devolution movement NERFINISHED
associatedWithSlogan Cofiwch Dryweryn NERFINISHED
commemoratedIn Welsh political discourse
commemoratedOn Welsh nationalist literature
contains River Tryweryn NERFINISHED
containsFormerSettlement Capel Celyn NERFINISHED
farmsteads and smallholdings
controversyType displacement of Welsh-speaking community
lack of local democratic consent
country Wales
currentStatus submerged under Llyn Celyn
damCompletedIn 1965
damType rock-fill embankment dam
floodedBy Liverpool City Council NERFINISHED
floodedFor Llyn Celyn reservoir NERFINISHED
floodingApprovedBy UK Parliament NERFINISHED
floodingApprovedIn 1957
floodingCause construction of a water supply reservoir for Liverpool
floodingCompletedIn 1965
historicalCounty Merionethshire NERFINISHED
impactOnCulture loss of a predominantly Welsh-speaking community
impactOnPopulation forced relocation of Capel Celyn residents
inspired campaigns for a Welsh Assembly
increased support for Welsh language activism
knownFor controversial flooding to create Llyn Celyn
drowning of the Welsh-speaking village of Capel Celyn
languageOfCommunityBeforeFlooding Welsh
legalStatusOfBill passed without consent of Welsh MPs majority
locatedIn Gwynedd NERFINISHED
north-west Wales NERFINISHED
memorializedBy Capel Celyn memorial chapel at Llyn Celyn NERFINISHED
Cofiwch Dryweryn mural near Llanrhystud NERFINISHED
numberOfWelshMPsOpposingBill 35 GENERATED
numberOfWelshMPsSupportingBill 0 GENERATED
partOf River Dee catchment area
politicalImpact galvanised support for Welsh nationalism
highlighted lack of Welsh self-government
postFloodInfrastructure Llyn Celyn dam NERFINISHED
preFloodCommunityType rural Welsh-speaking community
preFloodPrimaryEconomicActivity hill farming
reservoirName Llyn Celyn NERFINISHED
reservoirPurpose water supply for Liverpool and parts of north-west England
symbolOf Welsh nationalism
Welsh political protest

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Llyn Celyn createdByFlooding Tryweryn Valley