Wales, given a geographic expression by the ... The word Cymry had been used as early as the seventh century, but it now became popular to describe the Welsh. Derived from the Brittonic word ...

Cadfan, 'the wisest and most renowned of all kings', was buried in the first half of the seventh ... how Wales emerged as a nation and Welsh as a language. It dates back to the ninth century ...

The Irish remained in south-west Wales, founding ruling dynasties in ... died out as a living language in Dyfed sometime in the seventh century. The Irish had more success in Scotland.