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and decorated with oak leaves, symbolising the sacred groves associated with druidry. (The Welsh word for "oak" is "derw" from which "druid" is thought to be derived.) A special ring of office was also introduced. The current sceptre has been in use since 1910, and a
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Eisteddfod Crown or Chair have been qualified to become Archdruid. By the beginning of the twenty-first century Prose Medal winners were included in this elite band and the first to be elected under this ruling was Robyn Llŷn
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was the first to preside over the
Gorsedd when the National Eisteddfod came into being, his successor David Griffith, under the bardic name "Clwydfardd", was the first to be known by the official title "Archdruid".
927:"I was appointed Archdruid in the year 1860; but it was in the Wrexham Eisteddfod in the year 1876 that I was licensed as the Archdruid of the Gorsedd of the Bards of the Isle of Britain"
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128:, who became Archdruid in 2013, is both the first woman and the first Welsh learner (i.e. a person not brought up with Welsh as their first language) to have held the title.
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Christine James was the first female archdruid and the first Welsh learner archdruid.
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1057:"Eisteddfod names Christine James first woman archdruid"
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171:The following is a list of Archdruids.
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1164:"Myrddin ap Dafydd elected Archdruid"
1138:"Myrddin ap Dafydd elected Archdruid"
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103:. These were redesigned in 1896 by
1011:. Order of Bards Ovates and Druids
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1031:"Archdruid's Robes and Regalia"
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966:; Cyhoeddiadau Barddas ,1991
159:in 1969 for his services to
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1196:Welsh Eisteddfod archdruids
167:List of Archdruids of Wales
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143:veteran and a significant
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77:Chairing of the Bard
62:Crowning of the Bard
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366:John James Williams
105:Hubert von Herkomer
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1089:on 24 January 2016
887:Myrddin ap Dafydd
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66:Prose Medal
54:the Gorsedd
37:, 2010–2013
1201:Eisteddfod
1190:Categories
1118:(in Welsh)
946:References
894:2024–2027
877:2019–2024
860:2016–2019
853:Christine
843:2013–2016
819:2010–2013
802:2008–2009
785:2005–2008
768:2002–2005
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217:1895–1905
131:Since the
807:Dic Jones
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412:Wil Ifan
246:Evan Rees
227:Hwfa Môn
155:. He was
42:Archdruid
1174:26 April
1148:7 August
1061:BBC News
761:Meirion
662:Elerydd
621:Geraint
553:Gwyndaf
157:knighted
145:war poet
95:, and a
75:and the
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1067:8 April
1041:8 April
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