Portmeirion

She balley beg turryssagh ayns Gwynedd, Bretyn Hwoaie eh Portmeirion. V'eh kiaddit as troggit ec y Reejerey Clough Williams-Ellis eddyr 1925 and 1978, as t'eh fo stiurey treisht ghiastyllagh jiu. T'eh mie er enney myr The Village ayns claare çhellveeish Ghoaldagh ny 1960yn The Prisoner. T'eh 'sy voodeeys Penrhyndeudraeth, daa veeilley çheu hiar-yiass Phorthmadog as meeilley jeh stashoon traenagh Minffordd.

Portmeirion
—  Balley  —
Reayrt er y cherrin veanagh Reayrt er y cherrin veanagh
Portmeirion Soiaghey Phortmeirion ayns Bretyn
Portmeirion Soiaghey Phortmeirion ayns Gwynedd
Co-ordnaidyn: 52°55′04″N 04°05′35″W
Çheer	Reeriaght Unnaneysit
Çheer cho-ayrnagh	Bretyn
Coontae freilt	Gwynedd
Ard-ard	Gwynedd
Boodeeys	Penrhyndeudraeth
Cryss hraa	GMT (UTC+0)
- Sourey (TTSL)	BST (UTC+1)
Coad postagh	LL48
Coad(yn) çhellvane	01766
Ynnyd-eggey	www.portmeirion-village.com

V'eh fo Williams-Ellis taishbyney dy nod oo troggal ayns ardjyn aalin gyn jeeylley yn aalid oc. Va shenn steat 'syn ynnyd, Aber Iâ (Aber Rio), ass ny 1850yn. Shen y thie oast as tree bwaaneyn ("White Horses", "Mermaid" as "The Salutation") t'ayn jiu. Chred Williams-Ellis dy row yn ennym çheet er "Beeal Riojit", as chaghlaa eh eh dys Portmeirion: "Port dys cowraghey dy row eh er y clyst, Meirion er son Merionydd" (y coontae v'eh ayn ec y traa shen).

Ta brooillagh cashtal mean-eashagh ayns keyll faggys da'n valley beg. Ta feanish ayn jeh fo enmyn Castell Deudraeth, Castell Gwain Goch as Castell Aber Iau. Screu Giraldus Cambrensis er ayns 1188. Ta thie mooar Victorianagh 'syn ard myrgeddin, as eshyn fo'n ennym Castell Deudraeth. Chionnee Williams-Ellis eshyn jeh'n naim echey, y Reejerey Osmund Williams, Lv, as v'eh fo goaill eh stiagh ayns ard-hroggalys thie oast Phortmeirion, agh haink caggey as doilleeidyn elley. Fy-yerrey, ghow y hreisht cooney Heritage Lottery Fund, European Regional Development Fund as Wales Tourist Board dys jannoo thie oast jeh. V'eh foslit ec Bryn Terfel er 20 Mee Luanistyn 2001.

Portmeirion ayns cultoor y theay

Ta Portmeirion ry-akin ayns ymmodee fillmyn, myr boayl frangagh 'syn Oarpey dy cadjin. Myr sampleyryn, skeeal "View from the Villa" 1960 jeh'n chlaare Danger Man lesh Patrick McGoohan; skeeal 1976 Doctor Who "The Masque of Mandragora" 'syn yn Iddaal Aavioghey; skeeal jeh Citizen Smith as y feniagh ayns Rimini; as Wiggyville in claare Cbeebies Gigglebiz.

Ta'n ymmyd share jeh 1966-1967, tra haink McGoohan erash dys goaill caslyssyn çheumooie er son The Prisoner, ny ghrama surreal peeikearys. Va Portmeirion The Village raad v'eh ayns pryssoon. Rere mian Williams-Ellis, cha dug ad ennym er Portmeirion myr ynnyd y straih derrey'n skeeal s'jerree. Haink y chlaare dy ve ny feer ennoil, as ta ard-jeeaneyder cur keayrt er foast. Ta co-chruinnaghtyn bleinoil Prisoner ayn. Ta "thie" y charracteyr hene ny happ Prisoner nish. Er bun y chiangley shoh, ta claareyn fomyssagh er nyn nyannoo 'sy valley beg myrgeddin. Ren skeeal 'sy straih BBC The Celts aayannoo reayrtyssyn jeh The Prisoner. Ayns 1987, ghow Jools Holland ayrn ayns far-chlaare feer-skeealagh , The Laughing Prisoner, lesh Stephen Fry, Terence Alexander as Hugh Laurie. Ayns 2003, ghow ad fillym er son skeeal s'jerree y chlaare Cold Feet.

Ren ad fillym arrane Supergrass Alright ayns Portmeirion as Morfa Bychan. T'eh çheet er The Prisoner dy mennick.