Einir Dafydd

{{short description|Welsh singer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Einir Dafydd

| birth_name = Einir Dafydd

| birth_date =

| birth_place = Pembrokeshire, Wales

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| instrument = singing

| occupation = Musician/songwriter

| years_active = 2006–

| label = Rasp

| website = {{URL|http://www.studio-86.co.uk/einirdafydd/}}

}}

Einir Dafydd is a Welsh singer who won the third series of the television talent show Wawffactor and the 2007 Cân i Gymru (A Song for Wales) competition.

Dafydd started her career as the lead singer in the band Garej Dolwen,{{cite news |work=Daily Post |title=gog Sound |date=16 September 2005 |last= Craig Owen Jones |publisher=The Liverpool Daily Post & Echo Ltd.}} but first came to prominence after winning the Wawffactor competition televised on S4C in March 2006.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cymru/deorllewin/papurau_bro/clebran/newyddion/mai06.shtml |title=Einir yn ennill |language=Welsh |work=BBC Lleol |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=May 2006}} This provided the opportunity for exposure on other S4C television shows, such as Wedi 7 and Noson Lawen, as well as the chance to record a CD. Her debut EP, titled Y Garreg Las (The Blue Rock) was launched in June 2006 at Theatr y Gromlech, Crymych, and featured three songs and a music video.

December 2006 saw Dafydd share a stage with Bryn Fôn and Bryn Terfel at the Llangollen Christmas concert that was televised on S4C.{{cite web|url=http://opustfcom.site.securepod.com/events/carolau-llangollen/carolau-llangollen-2006/ |title=Events:Carolau Llangollen 2006 |publisher=Opus }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In March 2007, Dafydd won the Cân i Gymru competition with a song titled "Blwyddyn Mas" (Year Out) that she had co-written with Ceri Wyn Jones.{{cite web |title=Einir yn ennill Can i Gymru |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/welsh/hi/newsid_6410000/newsid_6414700/6414751.stm |language=Welsh |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |work=BBC News Online |date=5 March 2007}}

A second EP, Ffeindia Fi (Find Me), was released in the summer of 2007 which contained six tracks, including Blwyddyn Mas. Since 2010 Einir presented the Welsh children's service on S4C - Cyw before leaving to pursue a career as a primary school teacher.