HE HELD THE FIRST EISTEDDFOD IN 1176. TODAY, HE SAYS GOODBYE TO THE 850TH.
Today, a five-metre giant puppet of Rhys ap Gruffudd, the Lord Rhys, believed to have held the first ever recorded Eisteddfod at his castle in Cardigan in 1176, parades across the Eisteddfod Maes in Llantwd, Pembrokeshire, to The National Lottery stand.