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Aberdovey

Aberdovey is a seaside village of Merionethshire[?], North Wales, on the Cambrian railway[?]. Its Welsh name `Aberdyfi' means `mouth of the Dyfi' - the river Dyfi is the county frontier.

Population in 1901 was 1466. It lies in the midst of beautiful scenery, 4 miles from Towyn[?], on the North bank of the Dyfi estuary, commanding views of Snowdon, Cader Idris[?], Arran Mawddy and Plynllmmon. The Dyfi, here a mile broad, is crossed by a ferry to Borth sands, whence a road leads to Aberystwyth. Aberdovey is still a popular holiday centre.

The village was immortalised by the folk song, The Bells of Aberdovey (in Welsh, Clychau Aberdyfi). The song refers to the legend of a submerged former kingdom under Cardigan Bay[?] (Seithennin, the drunkard, having created the bay itself), and its bells which can, they say, be heard ringing beneath the water. The composer is unknown, but the words were written by John Ceiriog Hughes, during the 19th century. The same legend also inspired a Victorian novel, The Misfortunes of Elphin (1829) by Thomas Love Peacock.



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