Eisteddfod winners?

[Amy K]

Is there any list of winners of prizes at the National Eisteddfod? My gt grandad may have won a prize in about the 1890's.

[Hackstaple]

Amy - I doubt that any such record is in existence. The lists of prize winners are very lengthy. You might even have to track down what year from which one can find the town and perhaps there you might find the list held locally. A problem I see is that whilst there have been Eisteddfods for a very long time I think the National Eisteddfod only dates back to about 1917 or so. I was in a school choir of Dihewyd that sang in a regional Eisteddfod in 1941 at Llanfihangel Ystrad and the following year, as regional winners [or perhaps county winners] in the National Eisteddfod in Cardigan. I was very young but it was a wonderful experience. Welsh male voice choirs are equalled only by Zulu choirs - I have heard both many times.