WALTER, ROWLAND (Ionoron Glan Dwyryd; 1819 - 1884), quarryman and poet
Pseudonym: Ionoron Glan Dwyryd
Date of birth: 1819
Date of death: 1884
Gender: Male
Occupation: quarryman and poet
Area of activity: Business and Industry; Poetry
Author: Robert (Bob) Owen
Born at Cefnfaes, Congl-y-wal, Blaenau Ffestiniog, of parents who had come to the district from Margam, Glamorganshire.
He was about 19 when englynion by him appeared in Y Gwladgarwr. In 1852 he published Lloffyn y Gweithiwr, sef Awdlau a Chaneuon ar Wahanol Destynau. In the same year (or the next?) he emigrated to the U.S.A., to work as a quarryman at Hydeville, Vermont. He continued to write verse and much work by him appeared in Y Cenhadwr Americanaidd and Y Drych. In 1872 was published at Utica, Caniadau Ionoron.
He died March 1884 at Fairhaven, Vermont. According to Blackwell he was aged 64.
Author
- Robert (Bob) Owen, (1885 - 1962)
- W. J. Gruffydd, Y Flodeugerdd Gymraeg (1931)
- 'Ionoron' correspondence in the writer's collection
- Bob Isherwood, 'The bardic chairs of Ionoron Glan Dwyryd', Ninnau: The North American Welsh Newspaper, January-February 2017 p.9
Sources
- Wikidata: Q28361498
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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