Eifionydd

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Eifionydd (Prononced Ayvionith) is an area in north-west Wales covering the south-eastern part of the Llŷn peninsula from Porthmadog to just east of Pwllheli. The river Erch forms its western border. It now lies in Gwynedd.

Eifionydd was formerly a commote, forming the northern half of the cantref of Dunoding in the Kingdom of Gwynedd. It traditionally took its name from Eifion, son of Dunod who gave his name to the cantref and grandson of Cunedda Wledig. The chief centre of the commote was at Criccieth, although there may have been an earlier royal residence at Dolbenmaen. Although it is not currently a unit of local government, the name is still in common use for the region. It includes the villages of Abererch, Llanaelhaearn, Pencaenewydd, Llangybi, Llanystumdwy, Rhoslan, Pentrefelin, Penmorfa, Garndolbenmaen, Bryncir and Pantglas.

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John Edward Lloyd (1911) A history of Wales from the earliest times to the Edwardian conquest (Longmans, Grren & Co)

R. Williams Parry (1924) The poem "Eifionydd", was a description of how nice Eifionydd was compared to the slate mines of Bethesda. (Both mentioned place names are in N. Wales)