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Four National Libraries Join Forces in Major New UK–Ireland Initiative

13.03.26 Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, alongside Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport Patrick O’Donovan and Minister for Creative Industries, Media and…  

Agenda Board of Trustees Meeting 09 January 2026

Board of Trustees Agenda Virtual Meeting only 09 January 2026 10:00 – 13:00 ITEM PURPOSE Section 1: General Matters 1.1 Chair welcome, opening remarks and apologies 1.2 …  

Agenda Board of Trustees Meeting 06 March 2026

Board of Trustees Agenda Morgans Hotel, Swansea and on-line 06 March2026 10:00 – 13:00 OPEN MEETING 10.00 – 1.00 ITEM PURPOSE Section 1: General Matters 1.1 Chair’s welcome, opening…  

Volinteer_s_Voice__Issue_21.pdf

Gwirfoddoli Volunteering WINTER 2026| ISSUE 21 VOLUNTEER’S VOICE Winter re-cap Back in December, we came together to celebrate our volunteers at their Annual Celebration Event. The highlights were…  

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Delving beneath the surface of the No Welsh Art exhibition with a series of events

06.02.2025 In a series of exciting events the National Library of Wales will delve beneath surface of the No Welsh Art exhibition, which challenges the myth that Wales has no visual culture of…  

Yr Arwr, Hedd Wyn

Reference: NLW MS 4628C Here we have a manuscript of the ode ‘Yr Arwr’ (The Hero) in the hand of the bard Hedd Wyn (Ellis Humphrey Evans, 1887-1917) which won him the chair at the Birkenhead…  

Projects

NLW Research leads, or is a partner in, a number of collaborative e-Research projects. Past projects Wales at War This project will develop a First World War commemoration activity for…  

Cardiganshire Great War Tribunal (Appeals) records

The Cardiganshire Great War Tribunal (Appeals) Records give a fascinating insight into the lives of men who were called up by the army during the First World War. They contain personal details,…  

The Welsh Women's Peace Petition

On the 5th of April, 2023, a hundred-year-old Peace Petition signed by almost 400,000 Welsh women was returned to Wales, marking the centenary of a women-led, Welsh anti-war effort. Welsh…  

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