EVANS
,
HUGH
(
Hywel Eryri
;
1767
-
1841?
),
poet
;
b. in the parish of
Llanfair-mathafarn-eithaf
,
Anglesey
. A
weaver
by trade, he lived in
Aber-erch
,
Chwilog
,
Plas Madog
in the parish of
Clynnog
, and
Pen-y-groes, Caerns.
He wrote a
cywydd
on the subject of ‘
Cariad
’ for a
Bangor eisteddfod
held
c.
1790
and another in
1802
on ‘
Drylliad y llong Minerva, Ion. 21, 1802
.’ Much of his work appeared in the
North Wales Chronicle
and in
Welsh
periodicals: three or four ballads by him were printed separately. He d. at
Pen-y-groes
some time
after May 1840
.
Bibliography:
-
J. H. Davies
(ed.),
A Bibliography of Welsh Ballads printed in the 18th century
, 1908-11
, 103, 118;
-
Robert Evans (Cybi)
,
Ardal y cewri : enwogion plwyf Llangybi,
a'r cylch : ynghydag enwau lleoedd, eu hystyr a'u traddodiadau
‘,’: , Pwllheli : Printed by Richard Jones,
1907
;
-
Y Traethodydd
,
1851
, 388;
-
Gen.
, 1883–1928. The March special number is noted as ‘ (Gwyl
Dewi)’ or ‘ (D.).’
,
1905
, 215;
-
W. R. Ambrose
,
Hynafiaethau, cofiannau, a hanes presennol Nant Nantlle : y traethawd buddugol yn
Eisteddfod Gadeiriol Pen-y-groes, Llun y Pasg, 1871
, 1872
, 42;
-
Blodau ArfonAttodiad
(‘’): , 1842; …(ed. ), 1869
;
-
Y Brython
,
1860
(134, 165),
1861
(153);
- manuscripts in the writer's possession.
Author:
Robert (Bob) Owen, O.B.E., M.A., (1885-1962), Croesor.
