Cymdeithas Gymreig Canolbarth Ohio

Promoting a strong and vibrant Welsh community in Central Ohio

Links you might find useful

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Visit WSCO's new MUSIC / MIWSIG page!

Welsh love spoons for sale from a Central Ohio carver! -- http://www.blakespa.com/

See S4 Croeso television programs via your computer -- watch rugby games, see and hear choirs perform, view the beautiful scenery of Wales (may run automatically or you may need to decide whether or not to download an 'add-on') -- http://www.tvfree4u.net/Home/?Cid=OJXSPAVVCHAN&Cname=United_Kingdom__-__S4_Croeso

Spotted in Columbus, OH at Whole Foods -- Collier's Powerful Welsh Cheddar -- http://www.collierscheese.com/  (find local retail sources for Welsh foods & beverages at http://www.welshcountrydancers.org/BEINGWFood-WelshProducts.htm)

Colin's Wales Tourism Guide -- photo galleries and tourism advice from Colin Gronow, who drove around Wales for over 30 years as part of his job.  Even if you aren't going, you'll enjoy the photographs!    http://www.colinswalestourism.co.uk/

YouTube slideshows of the people, the towns and villages, and the countryside of Wales, from mid-Wales resident Colin Grace.  After you view one, be sure to look for "Ddraig333" to find his other videos -- http://www.youtube.com/Ddraig333 

Customized, small-group, escorted tours of North Wales and Northwest England and you help choose each day's itinerary!  Taylor Made UK Tours -- http://www.taylormadeuktours.com/

VISIT WALES with Rachel Hicks -- new DVD.  Former BBC presenter Rachel Hicks takes us on a journey around Wales visiting major tourist attractions as well as lesser known hidden gems -- from Aberystwyth on the west coast to Anglesey in the north and Abergavenny in the east to Tenby in the south.  http://www.janson.com/dvd/show_title.php?pid=20373

   Welshpedia --  http://www.welshpedia.co.uk/wiki/wales/index.php/Main_Page

The modern and ancient history of the island of Anglesey North Wales -- http://www.anglesey.info/

"Songs of the Pilgrim" -- a hymn book with words and music written by Rev. Paul Bigmore of St. Anne's Church in the Rhonda Valley,  written in both Welsh and English and illustrated with pictures and drawings provided by school children in the Rhonda Valley -- more information

Devil's Brood by Sharon Kay Penman – now on the New York Times best seller list!!  The long-awaited and highly anticipated final volume in Penman’s trilogy of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine – a tumultuous conclusion to this timeless story of love, power, ambition and betrayal.  Follows: When Christ and His Saints Slept (1994) and Time and Chance (2002).

"For those who like their historical fiction as complex and tightly woven as a medieval tapestry, this book cannot fail to please. Highly recommended." - Library Journal review

Visit Penman’s website to read a synopsis, the prologue and the first chapter http://www.sharonkaypenman.com/

Gasglu'r Tlysau / Gathering the Jewels -- over 20,00 images of Welsh life through the ages -- objects, books, historic letters, clothing, paintings, artifacts, aerial photographs, and other items gathered from museums, libraries and record offices throughout Wales.     http://www.gtj.org.uk/

Columbus-area Welsh folk dancing group -- Welsh Country Dancers of Central Ohio -- http://www.welshcountrydancers.org

Notecards from original photographs, many of Welsh scenery --  http://www.rainbow-images.co.uk/

Cadwyn: Welsh love spoons from Wales -- a vast range of spoons suitable as wedding, anniversary and engagements gifts, or just to say "I love you" --  http://www.cadwyngifts.com/

For those of you who read Welsh or want to practice reading Welsh -- Golwg: cylchgrawn Cymraeg wythnosol yn edrych ar faterion cyfoes / A weekly Welsh current affairs magazine- well worth a look! --  http://www.golwg.com

Unique jewelry made in Wales from Welsh slate, wood and pebbles combined with precious metal --  http://www.marieluned.co.uk/

NINNAU & Y Drych -- The North American Welsh Newspaper -- http://www.ninnau.com/

North Wales news sites: http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/weeklynews/; http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/caernarfonherald/;  http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/bangorandangleseymail/; http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/visitor/; http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/yourvale/

The Celtic Mall -- links to online merchants selling Celtic goods and services from  Wales, Ireland, Scotland, England and the US -- http://www.thecelticmall.com/

Creative Mountains -- 3D contoured scale model of Snowden, finished in a range of attractive metals -- http://www.creativemountains.com/

Madog Center for Welsh Studies, Rio Grande University, Rio Grande, OH -- http://madog.rio.edu/

Wales-Cymru Project -- http://ohio.llgc.org.uk

National Welsh-American  Foundation -- http://www.wales-usa.org/

Welsh-American Genealogical Society -- http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vtwags/

Links to websites that list Welsh groups and organizations -- scroll to the bottom of the page to the section labeled "Find them" -- http://www.welshcountrydancers.org/BEINGWELSHWelshAmerica.htm

Tours of Wales, personalized -- combine sightseeing with a search for where your ancestors lived -- www.where-youre-from.com   

Disclaimer

WSCO provides this website as a service to its members and to those interested in their Welsh heritage or just learning more about the land of the Dragon.  WSCO is not responsible for, and expressly disclaims all liability for, damages of any kind arising out of use, reference to, or reliance on any information contained within the site... full disclaimer