Tryweryn Valley flooding controversy
GPTKB entity
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:historical_event
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| gptkbp:affectedCommunities |
gptkb:Capel_Celyn
Welsh-speaking community |
| gptkbp:cause |
Construction of Llyn Celyn reservoir
|
| gptkbp:commemoratedBy |
Annual remembrance events
Memorial in Capel Celyn |
| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:Wales
|
| gptkbp:date |
1965
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Tryweryn Valley flooding controversy
|
| gptkbp:launched |
Liverpool City Council
|
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Tryweryn_Valley
|
| gptkbp:mainEvent |
gptkb:Flooding_of_Capel_Celyn
|
| gptkbp:mediaCoverage |
gptkb:BBC
Welsh newspapers |
| gptkbp:opposedBy |
gptkb:Welsh_nationalist_groups
Local residents Welsh MPs |
| gptkbp:resultedIn |
Displacement of residents
Destruction of Capel Celyn village Formation of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg Increased Welsh nationalism Protests in Wales |
| gptkbp:significance |
Catalyst for devolution movement
Symbol of Welsh resistance |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:River_Tryweryn
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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