732 o flynyddoedd yn ôl, mewn dôl ar lan yr afon Irfon, lladdwyd Tywysog Cymru olaf, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd.
Daeth ei fywyd i ben mewn brwydr gyda un o filwyr Brenin Lloegr, Edward I.
Roedd y pentref, ar gyrion Llanfair ym Muallt, yn faes y gâd Brwydr Pont Irfon, lle bu farw Llywelyn – wedi iddo gael ei wahanu oddi ar ei brif fyddin - yn nwylo un filwr Edward, Stephen de Frankton.
Uchelgais y Brenin Edward oedd uno ynys Prydain yn filwrol o dan ei frenhiniaeth.
Roedd hyn yn golygu goresgyn Cymru a'r Alban. #Cilmeri
Roedd Llywelyn wedi llwyddo i ffurfio Cymru unedig o dan ei arweinyddiaeth, ond roedd yn wynebu problemau wrth ddal gwahanol garfanau ei deyrnas ynghyd.
Goresgynodd fyddin llawer mwy Edward diroedd Llywelyn, gan osod cyfyngiadau llym ar arweinydd Cymru. #Cilmeri
Yng Nghytundeb Aberconwy 1277, gorfodwyd Llywelyn i dderbyn telerau gwaradwyddus, gan ildio ei holl diroedd gan ond cadw Gwynedd i'r gorllewin o afon Conwy. #Cilmeri
Dilynodd Edward ei lwyddiant gan adeiladu cestyll o amgylch ffin tiroedd Llywelyn, yn y Fflint, Rhuddlan, Aberystwyth a Llanfair-ym-Muallt, gyda catrodau mawr o filwyr yn eu gwarchod rhag y Cymry. #Cilmeri
Yn y pen draw, wedi iddynt golli eu harferion a’u deddfau o dan reolaeth gormesol Edward, cododd pobl Cymru mewn gwrthryfel enfawr.
Bu gwrthryfel Llywelyn yn llwyddiannus i ddechrau - goresgynwyd castell Rhuddlan, a difethwyd bataliwn mawr o ddynion Edward yn llwyr yn y Fenai rhwng y tir mawr a Môn. #Cilmeri
Gorfodwyd Edward i ymrwymo ei adnodd cyfan i ddelio â byddin Cymru… ac eto roedd yn gyfle anffodus i ddod ar draws cae yn #Cilmeri a ddaeth â breuddwyd Cymru i ben.
Efallai y twyllwyd Llywelyn i fynd yno gyda’r addewid o heddwch.
Wedi'i frandio yn fradwr, dienyddiwyd Llywelyn a cariwyd ei ben i Lundain gan ei orymdeithio ar bicell trwy'r strydoedd, a'i goron iorwg mewn gwawd o broffwydoliaeth Gymreig hynafol, a ddywedodd y byddai Cymro yn cael ei goroni yn frenin Ynys Prydain.
732 years ago, in a meadow on the banks of the river Irfon, the last Prince of Wales, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd fell.
His life ended in battle with King Edward of England's soldiers.
The village, on the outskirts of Llanfair ym Muallt (Builth Wells) was the scene of The Battle of Irfon Bridge, in which Llywelyn - finding himself separated from his main army - died at the hands of an English soldier named Stephen de Frankton.
King Edward's ambition was to unite the the island of Britain under his rule.
This meant conquering both Wales and Scotland militarily.
"I really 100% believe in my lifetime Wales will be an independent country. I actually think the momentum around this is becoming an unstoppable force… the more I look into it, the more I understand, and the more it just feels logical." business-live.co.uk/economic-devel…
"If you participate in a union… and participate in the parliament where you have the representation of 40 in a parliament of 650, you don’t need to be a mathematician to work out that your voice is pretty insignificant, and statistically irrelevant."
Gwyliwch sylfaenydd @JustEatUK, @davidjusteat yn Y Byd yn ei Le, gyda @Guto_Harri, heno am 8pm ar S4C, gyda ffrwd byw (ac ar gael i'w wylio wedyn) ar wasanaeth S4C's Clic, neu ar BBC iPlayer.
Independence might sound like an appealing idea, but will it work in practice?
Can Wales afford to stand on its own two feet?
One regularly-mentioned argument is that although Wales has a trade surplus of around £5bn a year, it is currently running a fiscal deficit.
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However, the important point to make is that this fiscal deficit is not inevitable.
Wales is currently running a fiscal deficit *as part of the UK.*
It is not pre-ordained that Wales must suffer from a shortfall in revenue, and there are no obstacles in terms of our abilities, education system, or our place in the world that would render us unable to address the issue as an independent nation.
Independence would give the government a set of economic tools it doesn’t have at the moment.
Currently, @WelshGovernment has minimal powers over taxation and borrowing.
The powers it does have are hamstrung in ways that ensure England is not disadvantaged.
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For example, the UK Treasury has repeatedly refused Welsh Government calls to devolve Air Passenger Duty, unashamedly saying that doing so would give @Cardiff_Airport an advantage over @BristolAirport.
For the most part, the UK Government simply hands Cardiff Bay an annual grant, which @WelshGovernment uses to pay for Welsh services.
This effectively means that Welsh economic policy is made in Westminster, and driven by the needs of the UK as a whole.
Diolch enfawr i holl aelodau a chefnogwyr YesCymru a gyfrannodd tuag at ein hapêl. Mae ein hapêl bellach wedi cau, ond mewn wythnos yn unig llwyddwyd i godi £5,610.
Bydd yr holl arian a godir yn cael ei drosglwyddo i'r apêl genedlaethol 'Helpu Cymru yn dilyn llifogydd Storm Dennis' a drefnir gan @michaelsheen ar ran WCVA, a’r arian i gael ei ddosbarthu i gymunedau ledled y wlad. Mae'r apêl honno'n dal ar agor yma > gofundme.com/f/helpwalesaft…
@michaelsheen Ar 15 Chwefror, profodd @ClwbYBont ym Mhontypridd y llifogydd gwaethaf yn ei hanes gyda’r prif far dros 2 fetr dan ddŵr. Aeth aelodau grwpiau lleol YesCymru i helpu gyda’r ymdrech lanhau y diwrnod canlynol.
A massive thanks to all YesCymru members and supporters who donated towards our appeal. Our appeal is now closed, but in one week we managed to raise £5,610.
All funds raised from our appeal are being transferred to the national 'Help Wales after Storm Dennis floods' appeal organised by @michaelsheen on behalf of WCVA and will be distributed to communities across the country. That appeal is still open at > gofundme.com/f/helpwalesaft…
@michaelsheen On 15 February @ClwbYBont in Pontypridd experienced the worst flooding in their history with the main bar over 2 meters under water. YesCymru members from local groups went to help with the clean up effort the following day.