Gorsedd


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Gorsedd

(ˈɡɔːsɛð)
n
(Music, other) (in Wales) the bardic institution associated with the eisteddfod, esp a meeting of bards and druids held daily before the eisteddfod
[from Welsh, literally: throne]
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A RUGBY international, a football manager and the widow of an inspirational cancer campaigner joined dozens of ordinary people prominent in their own communities to be honoured by the Gorsedd of Bards at a ceremony at the National Eisteddfod.
IRFON SO WANTED TO BE HERE; Widow accepts bardic honour ... as George North also joins ceremony
A RUGBY international, a football manager and the widow of an inspirational cancer campaigner joined dozens of people who are prominent in their own communities to be honoured by the Gorsedd of Bards at a ceremony at the National Eisteddfod.
Widow accepts Gorsedd honour for her husband
KEY members of Wales' successful Euro 2016 campaign will be honoured by the Gorsedd of the Bards at the Anglesey National Eisteddfod later this year.
Euro 2016 duo to be honoured at Eisteddfod
First Minister Carwyn Jones has been honoured by the Gorsedd of the Bards at the National Eisteddfod.
United Kingdom : First Minister honoured by the Gorsedd
He was invested as an honorary druid in the Gorsedd of the Bards at a colourful ceremony under cloudless skies at the festival in the Vale of Glamorgan yesterday.
First Minister becomes Bard; Gorsedd honour for Wales' high achievers
Handed out to those deemed to have made a significant contribution to Welsh culture and the Welsh language, membership of the Gorsedd of Bards is the highest honour bestowed by the annual festival.
Proud to join thebards; ARTS
He was one of about two dozen new members inducted into the Gorsedd, Wales' main literary society, at a ceremony held in a mist-shrouded field jutting out into the Irish Channel.
Archbishop-designate made honorary Druid. (News in Brief)
Dr Williams, who was last month named as the successor to Dr George Carey, was made a member of the Gorsedd of Bards for his contribution to the Welsh language and the culture of Wales.
DRUID ROBES FOR BISHOP
Dr Rowan Williams, who has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury, will tomorrow be admitted as a member of the Gorsedd of Bards during the National Eisteddfod at St David's.
ARCHBISHOP ANGER AT 'PAGAN' CLAIMS; Church leader Dr Williams hits back at `offensive' English media attack
THE Gorsedd of Bards hold their annual general meeting on the Eisteddfod Maes this morning.
AGM to discuss election of a new Recorder
MORE than 40 people were invested into the Gorsedd of Bards during the first of five colourful ceremonies on the Eisteddfod Maes.
ARCHDRUID WARNS AGAINST DIVISION
Now those treats will be available at the former caretaker's shelter in Gorsedd Gardens at the newly-named Brodie's Coffee Cabin.
Brodie's swaps four wheels for four little walls
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