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	Harlech - LoveToKnow 1911
		HARLECH (perhaps for Hardd lech, fair slate, or Harleigh, an Anglicized variant), a town of Merionethshire, Wales, 38 m.
		In the early 10th century, Harlech castle was, apparently, repaired by Colwyn, lord of Ardudwy, founder of one of the fifteen North Wales tribes, and thence called Caer Colwyn.
		Edward I. made Harlech a free borough, and it was formerly the county town.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Harlech (338 words)

	Men of Harlech - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Men of Harlech is a song and military march describing events at the battle for Harlech Castle in 1408, which pitted the forces of Owain Glyndŵr against the future Henry V of England.
		Men of Harlech is sometimes mistaken for the national anthem of Wales; this is incorrect, the Welsh anthem is Hen Wlad fy Nhadau (Land of our Fathers).
		The music was first published in 1784 as March of the Men of Harlech in Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Men_of_Harlech (409 words)

	Harlech Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Harlech Castle, located in Harlech, Wales, was constructed atop a cliff close to the sea (which has since receded).
		Scholars also remark on Harlech's defended "way from the sea," a fortified stairway that runs almost 200 feet down to the foot of the rock the castle is perched atop.
		In the Wars of the Roses Harlech was held by Sir Richard Tunstall as a hold-out Lancastrian stronghold in the first part of Edward IV of England's reign (1461-1470).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harlech_Castle (340 words)

	Harlech - Gwynedd
		Harlech Castle is linked with Welsh myth in stories of the tragic heroine of Branwen, the daughter of Llyr, of the Mabinogion.
		Harlech Castle was built late in the 13th century by hundreds of laborers and craftsmen from Savoy, Ireland, who worked with flsmiths and carpenters from all over England.
		It was during a heroic resistance to a nearly decade-long siege that inspired the song "Men of Harlech." This castle was the last Royalist stronghold that fell to Cromwell's forces during the Civil War, and is later became the headquarters of Owain Glyndwr, the Welsh resistance leader.
	www.medieval-castles.net /welsh/harlech.htm (176 words)

	Harlech - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Harlech is a town and seaside resort in North Wales, lying on Tremadog Bay.
		The town is best known for Harlech Castle, begun in 1283 by Edward I of England and later the stronghold of Henry Tudor.
		The song Men of Harlech is associated with the town.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harlech (155 words)

	BBC - Wales History - Harlech Castle
		Teetering on the edge of the sea, atop clifftops, Harlech was once a key outpost of Edward I's castle network in Wales.
		Harlech Castle was begun in 1283, and was finished by 1290 - and was the cheapest of Edward I's castles built at that time.
		Harlech was then used not as a defensive structure, but instead was utilised as a debtors' prison, but like Conwy, Harlech was used as a Royalist castle in the Civil War.
	www.bbc.co.uk /wales/history/sites/castles/pages/harlech.shtml (315 words)

	Harlech today
		Harlech has a resident population of 1313 persons and is situated in the Snowdonia National Park overlooking Tremadog Bay and the Lleyn Peninsula.
		Harlech's Theatre Ardudwy hosts an impressive programme of films, exhibitions, concerts and plays both by local and international artists and companies throughout the year.
		Harlech's impressive backdrop is the Rhinog mountain range, some of the most rugged and remote terrain to be found in Wales.
	www.colin-mackie.cymru1.net /harlech/harlech.htm (549 words)

	Data Wales : a note on Harlech Castle and the song Men of Harlech.
		Harlech Castle in north Wales, one of the "iron ring" of castles intended to subdue Wales in medieval times, remains as a picturesqe reminder of the ultimate futility of the invader's ambition.
		Harlech Castle enjoyed 200 years of peace but became a testament to the genius of the designer, Master James, when it endured a further long siege in the first part of the Civil War.
		Welsh people have always taken the song Men of Harlech on their wanderings around the world but the film Zulu introduced it to lots of people who simply enjoyed the song as a traditional, rousing, martial air.
	www.data-wales.co.uk /harlech.htm (906 words)

	Harlech â“ FREE Harlech Information \| Encyclopedia.com: Facts, Pictures, Information!
		The heroic defense of the castle against the Yorkists (1468; see Roses, Wars of the) is the theme of the Welsh battle song, "The March of the Men of Harlech." The Welsh fortress was the last to surrender (1647) to the parliamentarians in the English civil war.
		Harlech is head of one of Britain's most ill-fat...
		Amanda was married for 12 years to Lord Harlech, with whom she has two children, the...
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Harlech.html (920 words)

	Historic Harlech - Steeped in History Since Time Began
		In Welsh mythology Harlech is forever associated with the legend of Branwen, the daughter of Llyr, whose story is recorded in the masterpiece of Medieval Welsh literature, The Mabinogion.
		Harlech became Glyndwr's official residence and court and the place to which he summoned parliaments of his supporters.
		During the Civil War Harlech was defended for the king and was the last Royalist castle to fall.
	www.harlech.com /harlech.html (933 words)

	Harlech Castle on AboutBritain.com
		A long siege at the castle during The Wars of the Roses inspired the stirring song "Men of Harlech".
		Harlech, a combination of magnificent medieval military architecture and breathtaking location is an unmissable castle, a fact which is reinforced by its status as a World Heritage Inscribed site.
		Bennar Isa Farm is situated four miles from Barmouth and Harlech and one mile from Dyffryn and Talybont villages, ideally situated for touring the Cambrian coast and Snowdonia.
	www.aboutbritain.com /HarlechCastle.htm (668 words)

	Forthcoming Books
		Harlech is a well known fortress built on a crag overlooking Cardigan Bay.
		This force consisted of thirty ‘fencible’ men of whom ten were crossbowmen, one a chaplain, an artiller, a smith, a carpenter, a mason together with janitors, watchman and others.
		It would seem likely that the plan of Harlech was by then well-known to the remaining masons and its completion was left in the hands of local men whilst James was away.
	www.castles99.ukprint.com /Essays/harlech.html (1097 words)

	Cadw
		Harlech is a ‘concentric’ castle: it has a high inner curtain wall with huge round towers at its corners, surrounded by a lower outer curtain wall.
		At the peak of the building campaign nearly 950 men were employed, but building stopped in winter when the weather made progress too slow.
		At the beginning of the Civil War, Harlech, like many castles in north Wales, supported the cause of King Charles I. A parliamentary force besieged it from June 1646 until March 1647 when the garrison surrendered to Major-General Thomas Mytton, parliamentary commander in north Wales.
	www.cadw.wales.gov.uk /default.asp?id=283 (571 words)

	Tourist Attractions in Snowdonia Wales - Visit Harlech Castle!
		Although an imposing edifice, Harlech is at one with its surroundings, a quality rare in the great Edwardian castles.
		The views from its lofty battlements are truly panoramic, extending from the dunes at its feet to the purple mass of Snowdonia in the distance.
		Harlech, a combination of magnificent medieval military architecture and breathtaking location, is an unmissable castle, a fact reinforced by its status as a World Heritage Inscribed site.
	www.star-attractions.co.uk /attractions/cadw/harlech/harlech.htm (361 words)

	Harlech, Gwynedd from Carm1.co.uk - The Photographic Guide to Wales (Site not responding. Last check: )
		TourWales.com - The beaches around Harlech are also magnificent, having some of the best in the area - its quite possible to wander for miles on one of the sandy beaches in the height of summer without meeting another living soul.
		IndexWales.co.uk - The town of Harlech's skyline is dominated by it's imposing castle which was built in 1283 by Edward I as part of his 'Iron Ring'.
		Data-Wales.co.uk - A note on Harlech Castle and the song Men of Harlech: The song Men of Harlech is something of an unofficial anthem in Wales.
	www.carm1.co.uk /harlech (296 words)

	cr22100 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Another of Edward I's massive and threatening fortresses, built to hold down a turbulent Wales, Harlech's castle is perched dramatically on a rock bluff high over what was once a tidal creek, with a moat defending it from high ground to the south and east.
		The castle's commanding position enabled it to be held by a garrison of only 37 men during the rebellion of Madoc ap Llywelyn in 1294.
		Harlech Castle played a prominent part in the Wars of the Roses, when it was held by the Lancastrians.
	www.criccieth.free-online.co.uk /cr22100.htm (212 words)

	Harlech: Touring Wales on Britannia
		Harlech was later besieged by Owain Glyndwr and finally fell after a three-year siege.
		The castle's courageous defiance of the attackers inspired the song March of the Men of Harlech, a second national anthem to the people of Wales.
		By road, Harlech can be reached from Dolgellau on the A496, and from Wrexham on the A483 to Ruabon, then the A5 to Corwen, and the A494 to Dolgellau.
	www.britannia.com /tours/wales/harlech.html (425 words)

	Harlech Castle
		So pleased in fact was King Edward I that he made James the constable of Harlech from the castle's completion until 1293, while James was overseeing construction of Beaumaris and Caernarfon Castles in Wales.
		Harlech was taken in 1404 by Owain Glyndwr but only by starving the diseased garrision into surrendering.
		Harlech was the last castle to surrender to Cromwell in 1646, thus signalling the end of the Civil War.
	www.carneycastle.com /Harlech/index.htm (200 words)

	Harlech Castle
		Harlech was beseiged and captured by Owain Glyndwr in 1404, during the Welsh uprising of the early 1400s.
		The song Men of Harlech is supposed to be connected with this siege.
		Harlech was the final Royalist stronghold, and its fall marks the end of the Civil War.
	alumnus.caltech.edu /~leif/harlech.html (235 words)

	Harlech \| Wales In Style
		A true highlight of the Cambrian coast is Harlech Castle, arguably the most spectacular and foreboding fortresses in Britain and one of the only to have inspired a song, Men of Harlech.
		Later, it was held by the Lancastrians during the War of the Roses before falling to the Yorkists in 1468.
		Harlech itself looks out over the nature reserve, Morfa Harlech – an area of dunes and woodland trails - towards Cardigan Bay, the Lleyn and the peaks of Snowdonia.
	www.walesinstyle.com /WiS/Things_To_Do/Harlech.aspx (277 words)

	HARLAY DE CHAMPVALLON - LoveToKnow Article on HARLAY DE CHAMPVALLON (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HARLECH (perhaps for Hardd lech, fair slate, or Harleigh, a1 Anglicized variant), a towii of Merionethshire, Wales, 38 m from Aberystwyth, and 29 from Carnarvon on the Cambriam railway.
		In the eaily 10th century Harlech castle was, apparently, repaired by Colwyn, lord 0 Ardudwy, founder of one of the fifteen North Wales tribes, ani thence called Caer Colwyn.
		Edward I. mad Harlech a free borough, and it was formerly the county towi - It is in the parish of Llandanwg (pop.
	www.1911ency.org /H/HA/HARLAY_DE_CHAMPVALLON.htm (769 words)

	Harlech Castle
		Owain's son-in-law, Edmund Mortimer, died during the seige of exhaustion and starvation and the castle was recovered by the John Talbot with an army of 1000 English troops in 1409.
		Harlech Castle was constructed in conjunction with a new, fortified town.
		Harlech Castle was one of the ten key Welsh Medieval Castles which were commissioned by King Edward I. The Welsh Medieval Castles built by the English under the direction of King Edward I provided a power base for the Medieval Plantagenet King and ensured that the Welsh were subservient to the new English rule.
	www.castles.me.uk /harlech-castle.htm (901 words)

	Harlech Castle
		Seen from the bluff of rock to the south of the town, the view of castle, sea and mountain panorama is truly breathtaking.
		It was part of an "iron ring" of castles surrounding the coastal fringes of Snowdonia, eventually stretching from Flint around to Aberystwyth; a ring intended to prevent the region from ever again becoming a focal point of insurrection and a last bastion of resistance.
		It was this prolonged siege which traditionally gave rise to the song Men of Harlech.
	www.castlewales.com /harlech.html (850 words)

	rorkesdriftvc.com - Popular Myths
		It is a commonly held belief that after the Battle of Isandhlwana, the Zulu's removed the Martini-Henry rifles from the bodies of the dead British soldiers and took them to Rorke's Drift.
		The sheer chronology and geography would have made it impossible for the weapons from Isandhlwana to be used at Rorke's Drift, however there is evidence supporting the fact that these weapons were used at Khambula (29th March 1879) against the British by the Zulus.
		The truth about this noble gesture was that both side, both the Zulus and the British were so battle-weary after a long night of bloody, hand to hand combat, that when the Zulus saw Lord Chelmsford's column coming along the route from Isandhlwana the next day, they retreated from the post.
	www.rorkesdriftvc.com /myths/myths.htm (1104 words)

	Dublin Welsh Male Voice Choir
		When Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, Prince of Wales was killed at Builth Wells in 1288 the Norman conquerors of England thought that they had finally solved their 'Welsh Problem', after 222 years of hard campaigning against guerrillas famed for their skill with the Longbow.
		He established the last Welsh Parliament at Machynlleth (the building still stands) and his victory was assured when Harlech Castle fell to the Welsh forces after a two -year siege with heavy casualties on both sides.
		'MEN of HARLECH' first appeared in the 18th C. During the Wars of the Roses which set the part-Welsh Tudor dynasty on the throne, whilst commanded by Lancastrian officer Dafydd ap Siencyn the castle was besieged in 1468 by the Yorkist supporter William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke & the song might refer to that action.
	www.dublinwelsh.com /menofharlech.html (644 words)

	Wrexham is the Name
		Harlech Castle in North Wales, one of the "iron ring" of castles intended to subdue Wales in medieval times, remains as a picturesque reminder of the ultimate futility of the invader's ambition.
		In 1978 a group of Wrexham supporters recorded 'Wrexham Is the Name' which is sung to the tune of Men of Harlech.
		And no-one, I'm sorry to say, sang Men of Harlech; the regimental march in 1879 was The Warwickshire Lads.
	www.onttss.co.uk /harlech.htm (795 words)

	Harlech Accommodation :: Harlech Tourist Information
		It even has its own dome, Harlech Dome, one of the oldest known rock formations in the world and the largest geological structure in North Wales.
		Harlech is among the beaches of Gwynedd that are the cleanest and safest in the country.
		The Harlech and District Tourism and Trade Association cannot be held responsible for the content on their members sites or adverts.
	www.secretsnowdonia.co.uk /harlech.htm (253 words)

	Men of Harlech
		During the War of the Roses, Harlech castle was held for the Lancastrians until taken by Lord Herbert of Raglan for the Yorkist side.
		In 1468 the Earl of Pembroke was sent by Edward IV to storm Harlech Castle, a Welsh stronghold.
		Men of Harlech, march to glory, victory is hov'ring o're ye,
	www.castlewales.com /menhar.html (282 words)

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