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The links between Carmarthenshire's Sir Rhys ap Thomas and the Bosworth Campaign will be explored at the Carmarthenshire National Eisteddfod in Llanelli next week. On Thursday, August 7 at 11am in the Societies Pavilion, Prof Dafydd Johnston will be giving the Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society’s lecture. His talk will be on ‘Sir Rhys ap Thomas and the Bosworth Campaign’. An eminent academic who has a talent for making history come alive, Prof Dafydd Johnston, is the head of the internationally acclaimed University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies in Aberystwyth. Formerly Professor of Welsh at Swansea University, he has published extensively on Welsh literature of all periods. The subject of Prof Johnston’s lecture is Sir Rhys ap Thomas KG (1449–1525) whose roots are in Carmarthenshire. He was the son of Thomas ap Gruffydd ap Nicolas of Llandeilo and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Gruffydd of Abermarlais, Carmarthenshire. During the Wars of the Roses, he ros...

The Friends of Carmarthenshire’s County Museum in Abergwili and the Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society will be meeting and greeting people at the National Eisteddfod of Wales in Llanelli this year and they are inviting people who have Carmarthen’s history at heart to spare them an hour or two of help. During Eisteddfod week (August 2-9), the Museum Friends and the Antiquarians are working together to interest people in aspects of Carmarthenshire’s history. The friends will be taking the Romans in Carmarthenshire as their theme and the Antiquarians are homing in on ‘We are what we remember’ – our parents and grandparents who fought to keep the home fires burning. It would not be necessary to have an in-depth knowledge of either theme to help on the stand. The groups will welcome everyone who could encourage an interest in the stand and its exhibits. Similarly, it is not essential for volunteers to be Welsh-speaking as arrangements will be made for a Welsh speaker to be present at al...