P1: BRENHINOEDD CYMRU: A Welsh Native Royal Dynasties Regnal List, that's what is needed and it's on the way.

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On the one hand I am lucky that someone donated such Regnal List for my attention and acceptance as an excellent device for the  interpretation and better understanding of Welsh Royal Dynasties whom are central to an educative appreciation of our Medieval History. On the other hand I have to type this up with associated introduction and attending useful notes, and it's just that which is proving a bit of a mental block at the moment. However, the file has moved from back shelf to my blogging work 'In Tray' and so hopefully the job will get done by end of the year.

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I can asure you that it will be worth waiting for, but then the real work begins as I consider it to be of great need to produce a booklet on such similar to the below, then a book of Bio Pics of all our Native Welsh Princes plus an illustrated wall chart too. All this is very much in area of educational aids and possibly of commercial Heritage & Tourism interests, thus a job for Cadw but I doubt if they would bother. Thus I suspect it will need a team of dedicated patriots to work on this, possibly being sponsored by my proposed Brenhinol Cymru initiative or maybe one of our Welsh Publishers could take this aboard as a worth while publishing project?

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As you will see from the below, England is well served by such educative and populist material, and the below is but one example. Whatever, anyone out there interested in this project do get in touch and it can be discussed further, I do not think I will have the time to conclude my efforts here, but I have much material to pass on to those who might become committed to such a worth while enterprise. Do keep in mind this is surely worthy of grant funding within terms of Cadw's Heritage Tourism Five Year Plan, myself I am not interested even if I were to be awarded a finnancial grant. I am quite happy if others wish to seek grants to complete this important piece of work, so maybe the money will motivate and that is quite alright with me as long as the job gets done by 2011 in readiness for a Gwyl Fawr Tywysogion Cymru (that is native princes), more on this proposal - a  potential all Wales festival, further details in due course

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Gethin ap Gruffydd.

MORGANNWG MEDIEVAL INITIATIVE, Glamorgan and Gwent had Medieval Kings, Princes, Lords and Chiefs as well as Gwynedd and Dehuebarth.

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You will have heard of being 'Anglo centric' but perhaps a case can be made out for there being such a thing as being too 'Gwynedd centric' in our accepted Patriotic view of Welsh History. As it seems that Southern patriots deem their own native royalty and medieval history, not as worthy as that of Gwynedd in particular. Why else would ''Hwntws'' annually rally at Cilmeri in remembrance of Llywelyn III but be so forgetful when in comes to their own medieval heroes as Llywelyn Bren and his revolt against Anglo - Norman rule in 1315 - 16?

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Well it's time for such ''Hwntws'' and other Southerners, particularly those who believe that their own Southern History does not begin before the Industrial Revolution (see the work of Herian via web search) to wake up to fact that Cadw has on line a five year Heritage Tourism plan 2009 - 2014 with millions of E.U. money to hand out for medieval matters. But their plan is based on four Initiatives; two representative of pura Walliae regards the Princes of Gwynedd and the Princes of Dehuebarth, then another two are representative of marcher Walliae (the South and North East with central Wales) and it's Anglo - Marcher Norman and later English Lords as being of more importance than native leaders pre and post 1081 to 1282.

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I am not surprised that Native pre and post -conquest Glywysing (Morgannwg & Gwent) and the North East are given short shrift but Powys? rather odd that this most important Gwledydd is thrown aside and seems to count for little. However, my concern at moment is neither Powys or the North East as I know of Patriots in these regions whom will be concerned and do something of useful value, re Medieval Initiatives and projects in their regions. However, I am not so sure about the South or why else is there a statue of Tommy Cooper in Caerffili and not one of Llywelyn Bren? So at moment I am only concerned with fighting out of a Southern Corner, and then simply to motivate and prompt, do not expect me to do very much.

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At moment I have far too much on my plate to do much in a pro-active way regards a MORGANNWG MEDIEVAL INITIATIVE, other than appeal that others of the South get on with it! I will from time to time publish information in this post that may be useful but in the first instance I suggest someone calls a meeting in Caerffili to hold preliminary discussion regards establishing of a M.M.I. why not this Saturday the 24th October as an alternative to Cadw's birthday bash in the Castle, or when ever? but please do so. Not least so you may be first in the Que to grab some grants to put to good use, now do not take too long thinking about this ok! Personally, I think it really is time that a Cymdeithas Llywelyn Bren was set up, never mind about that ''Gog'' Llywelyn III and Cilmeri, lets get a bit 'Southern centric' in showing some interest in the Medieval of Morgannwg (and Gwent) for a change, yes!.

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Keep me informed of any developments and I will post up your news on this blog, plus do take a good look at what's going on over at Cadw and their Plans for supposedly a more patriotic view and presentation of Medieval Wales from the native point of view. Their plans are looking pretty good, and I will find it very hard to criticise they, if patriots in particular do not get off their backsides and do something. Not least as in this blog and my I'R GAD Welsh Battlefield Campaign blog and Cofiwn Archive blog there is much useful stuff out of which Initiatives and projects might arise.

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So, do not hang about, just get to it!

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Gethin Gruffydd.