Qualla: Llandysul https://qualla.com/llandysul en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:13 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/k/b/llandysul-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Llandysul https://qualla.com/llandysul Llandysul: Introduction https://qualla.com/llandysul/ Photo credit John Duckfield, CC BY-SA 2.0. On the 12th of January 1833, the vicar of Llandysul, the Reverend Enoch James, had finally had enough of the football match. Every year on Old New Year's Day, ever since the 1752 calendar reform had thrown 11 days off the British year, the harvest workers of the parish had gathered at the church porch for a feast, then spent the afternoon kicking a ball back and forth between two goals: the porch of Llanwenog Church to the south, and the porch of Llandysul Church itself. Most of the players, by the time they got going, were drunk. The match was rough, the injuries were many, and the vicar replaced it that year with a gathering of Sunday schools from churches within eight miles of Llandysul, to sing anthems, answer catechisms, and recite scripture. The Sunday school custom continues to this day. The original football has not been played since.

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]]> Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/k/b/llandysul-wp/gckb-llandysul-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Llandysul: St Tysul and the Saintly Family https://qualla.com/llandysul/ Photo credit Breckenheimer, Public domain. Llandysul means the church of St Tysul, a 6th-century Welsh saint who founded a religious settlement at a ford on the River Teifi where several ancient tracks met. Tysul lived from approximately 462 to 554. He was the grandson of Ceredig ap Cunedda, the legendary founder of Cered...

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]]> Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/k/b/llandysul-wp/gckb-llandysul-st-tysul-and-the-saintly-family.mp3 0:06 2 full Llandysul: Glyndwr and the Civil War https://qualla.com/llandysul/ Photo credit Mattadamscymro, CC BY-SA 4.0. The men of Llandysul fought for Owain Glyndwr in 1400, the year the Welsh prince raised the great revolt that nearly broke English rule in Wales. After the rising failed, Henry IV confiscated lands around Llandysul belonging to Glyndwr's supporters. The town has a particular Glyn...

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]]> Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/k/b/llandysul-wp/gckb-llandysul-glyndwr-and-the-civil-war.mp3 0:06 3 full Llandysul: Gwasg Gomer and Welsh Printing https://qualla.com/llandysul/ Photo credit Man vyi, Public domain. In a country with a long literary tradition but a small reading market, Welsh-language publishing has always been a labour as much of love as of commerce. Llandysul is the home of Gwasg Gomer, founded in 1892 by John David Lewis and named after the Welsh Baptist minister and jour...

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]]> Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/k/b/llandysul-wp/gckb-llandysul-gwasg-gomer-and-welsh-printing.mp3 0:06 4 full Llandysul: Paddling on the Teifi https://qualla.com/llandysul/ Photo credit Damian.dec at Polish Wikipedia, Public domain. The Teifi at Llandysul is famous for two things: fishing and canoeing. The Llandysul Angling Association holds rights to over thirty miles of fishing on the river, which is renowned for salmon, sea trout (sewin), and brown trout. The Llandysul Paddlers Canoe Centre opened in Octo...

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]]> Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/k/b/llandysul-wp/gckb-llandysul-paddling-on-the-teifi.mp3 0:06 5 full Llandysul: Harps and the Quiet Damage https://qualla.com/llandysul/ Photo credit John Duckfield, CC BY-SA 2.0. For a few years in the 2000s and 2010s, Llandysul was the only place in Wales where harps were being made. Telynau Teifi Harps, founded in 2004 by harp-maker Allan Shiers with help from Ceredigion County Council and European Union funding, produced Celtic and folk harps with all ...

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]]> Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/k/b/llandysul-wp/gckb-llandysul-harps-and-the-quiet-damage.mp3 0:06 6 full Llandysul: Notable Llandysulers https://qualla.com/llandysul/ Photo credit Public domain. The town has produced more interesting people than its small population would suggest. Christmas Evans (1766-1838), the great Welsh Baptist preacher, was born in the parish. The physicist Evan James Williams (1903-1945), born in nearby Cwmsychbant, attended Llandysul school befor...

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