Llangennech

{{Short description|Village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = Wales

| constituency_welsh_assembly = Llanelli

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| official_name = Llangennech

| coordinates = {{coord|51.693|-4.092|display=inline,title}}

| community_wales = Llangennech

| unitary_wales = Carmarthenshire

| population = 5153

| population_ref = ONS 2019 Mid-Year Population Estimates

| lieutenancy_wales = Dyfed

| constituency_westminster = Llanelli

| post_town = LLANELLI

| postcode_district = SA14

| postcode_area = SA

| dial_code = 01554

| os_grid_reference = SN560015

| type = Village

| static_image_name = Salem Chapel (geograph 5898299).jpg

| static_image_caption = Capel Salem in the village centre

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| static_image_2_caption = A welcome sign to the village

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Map of the community

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Llangennech ({{IPA|cy|ɬæn'ɡenƏx|}};{{Cite book |last=Pointon |first=Graham E. |title=BBC pronouncing dictionary of British names |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1990 |pages=148}} {{pronunciation|Llangennech.ogg|Welsh pronunciation|help=no}}) is a village and community in the area of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, which covers an area of {{convert|1222|ha|mi2}}.{{cite web|title=Area: Llangennech (Ward) |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=13696644&c=Llangennech&d=14&e=61&g=6492320&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1486982839878&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2491 |publisher=Office for National Statistics |date=30 January 2013 |access-date=13 February 2017}}

It is governed by Llangennech Community Council and Carmarthenshire County Council. Llangennech is also the name of the county electoral ward coterminous with the village. It falls in the Llanelli parliamentary and Senedd constituency. It lies in the Mid & West Wales region for regional Senedd members.

Llangennech was a coal mining community, with several local collieries mining steam coal. There is also a large Labour tradition in the village originating with the mine workers. There was a large Royal Navy depot in the village, which was closed in 2007 in Ministry of Defence restructuring.

Llangennech has a strong rugby union team, Llangennech RFC, that feeds many players into Llanelli RFC and then on to the Llanelli Scarlets regional rugby union team.

The town is served by Llangennech railway station on the Heart of Wales Line with trains to Swansea to the south and Shrewsbury to the north.

The community is bordered by the communities of Llanelli Rural, Llannon, and Llanedi, all in Carmarthenshire; and by Grovesend and Waungron and Gorseinon in the City and County of Swansea.

History

File:Llangennech Caermardi Map.png

= Etymology =

The village has been known by many names over the years. These include Llangennydd, Llangennich, Llangenardh, Llangennach, Llangenarth, Llangenneth, Llangenyth, Llangennych and Langenardh.{{Cite book |last=Charles |first=Alwyn |title=History of Llangennech |publisher=Llangennech Community Council |year=1997 |isbn=0953080706 |edition=1st |page=11 |language=en |oclc=38340509}} The likely origin of the village's name comes from the parish church, known as both St. Cennech's or St. Gwynnog's. The church is believed to have been dedicated to the brothers St. Cennydd and St. Gwynog, the sons of St. Gildas. Documents reveal that the village has commemorated St. Gwynog since at least the 16th century.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

= Llangennech Estate =

File:Llangennech Park House Front View.jpg

The Llangennech Estate, covering around 4,000 acres of land, was formed between 1801 and 1803 when John Symmonds bought land from Sir John Stepney and various others. In 1804 it entered the hands of the Earl of Warwick and John Vancouver, brother of George Vancouver. After surrendering the estate back to Symmons in 1806, it was sold to the MP Edward Rose Tunno in 1821 or 1824. Tunno leased much of the estate. Thomas Margrave of the Llangennech Coal Company leased the "Llangennech Mansion" in 1826. The industrialist Richard Janion Nevill leased the mansion among other lands. He suffered a stroke at the Mansion and died the same day on {{Date|Jan 14, 1856}};{{Cite ODNB |title=Nevill family (per. c. 1793–1973), copper smelters and colliery proprietors |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-47502 |access-date=2023-08-28 |date=2004 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/47502 |quote=Richard Janion Nevill suffered a stroke and died at Llangennech Park on 14 January 1856, aged seventy. |last1=Jones |first1=R. Protheroe |last2=Symons |first2=M. V. }} his son and wife lived there until 1870. After Tunno's death, Edward Sartoris, Nevill's nephew and MP for Carmarthenshire, received the Llangennech estate. He went on to marry Nellie Grant, daughter of President Ulysses Grant.{{Cite episode |title=Llangennech/Carson |series=Heir Hunters |series-link=Heir Hunters |network=BBC |date=2014-07-09 |number=3 |series-no=7 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01r6bwc}}

Llangennech Park House was a country estate in what is now Maes Tŷ Gwyn. Attempts at securing protected site status were futile and it now stands abandoned.{{Cite web |title=Llangennech house, Llangennech, Carmarthenshire |url=https://www.welshruins.co.uk/photo2115764.html#photo |access-date=2022-08-28 |website=www.welshruins.co.uk}}

= The Rebecca Riots =

On 28 June 1843, rioters attacked and destroyed the Bridge End toll gate, which stood near where The Bridge public house stands today.

Whilst this is the only recorded occurrence of the Rebecca Riots in the village, residents still took part in them elsewhere. The Welshman reported that the murderer of Sarah Williams, who is believed to be the only victim killed during the riots, was a "named shoemaker of Llangennech".{{Cite book |last=Williams |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PdUuAAAAIAAJ&q=Rebecca%20riots%20David%20williams |title=The Rebecca Riots |publisher=University of Wales Press |year=1955 |isbn=9780708309339 |pages=350 |language=en |oclc=1275631375 }}

= Industry =

== Coal ==

File:Morlais Colliery - geograph.org.uk - 421355.jpg

The village's coal industry dates back to at least the 17th century, where the Duchy of Lancaster survey in 1609 talks of a Thomas Lloyd's "coleworks" in the Allt area of the village. "Llangennech Coal", as it was known, was used extensively around the world.{{cite news |orig-date=1834-07-19 |title=LLANELLY FLOATING DOCK AND RAILWAY |work=The Cambrian |url=https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3328290/3328293/7 |access-date=2022-09-06 |quote=The neighbourhood of Llanelly is famous for the coal it produces, especially that description of coal known by the name of 'Llangennech Coal' |via=National Library for Wales}}

== The 'RN' ==

The village was home to a Royal Navy Stores Depot colloquially known as the 'RN'.{{Cite news |date=2017-02-20 |title=Back to school |language=cy |work=BBC Cymru Fyw |url=https://www.bbc.com/newyddion/39026959 |access-date=2023-08-17}}{{Cite web |title=MILITARY BASES {{!}} The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales - Credo Reference |url=https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/waencywales/military_bases/0 |url-access=limited |access-date=2023-08-18 |website=search.credoreference.com}} Over 1,000 workers were employed by the depot during the Second World War.

Its closure in 1988 exacerbated the unemployment caused by the closures of other industry in the area.{{Cite web |title=LLANGENNECH, Carmarthenshire (1222 ha; 4510 inhabitants) {{!}} The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales - Credo Reference |url=https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/waencywales/llangennech_carmarthenshire_1222_ha_4510_inhabitants/0?institutionId=4859 |url-access=limited |access-date=2023-08-18 |website=search.credoreference.com}}

Though it no longer belongs to the Royal Navy, the site still operates as a contractor for the Ministry of Defence,{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} helping to equip the Bronco All Terrain Tracked Carrier vehicles which were used by the British Army during the war in Afghanistan.{{Cite news |date=2009-11-19 |title=New base to equip Afghan vehicles |language=en-GB |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_west/8366559.stm |access-date=2023-01-19}}

= Aircraft crashes =

On 17 March 1992, a Piper PA-30-320 Twin Comanche aircraft carrying two passengers and one pilot crashed in Llangennech on its flight back to Haverfordwest. The pilot and front seat passenger sustained only minor injuries, but the other passenger suffered a broken neck. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.{{Cite web |title=REF: EW/C92/3/3 |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/54230294ed915d1371000bc9/Piper_PA-30_Twin_Comanche__G-ASSR_06-92.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725191749/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/54230294ed915d1371000bc9/Piper_PA-30_Twin_Comanche__G-ASSR_06-92.pdf |archive-date=2019-07-25 |access-date=2022-08-28 |website=gov.uk |publisher=Air Accident Investigation Branch |language=en}}
During an air test flight of an English Electric Canberra on 13 January 1958, the engine failed, causing a steep dive to the ground. It crashed into marshland 200 yards from the railway station. The only occupant, Flight Lieutenant James Turnbull Wallace, was killed. He is buried at Llantwit Major Cemetery.{{Cite web |last1=Huckfield |first1=Paul |last2=Burton |first2=John |date=2013-03-01 |title=Military Aircraft Crash sites in Southeast Wales |url=http://www.ggat.org.uk/timeline/pdf/Military%20Aircraft%20Crash%20Sites%20in%20Southeast%20Wales.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419140010/http://www.ggat.org.uk/timeline/pdf/Military%20Aircraft%20Crash%20Sites%20in%20Southeast%20Wales.pdf |archive-date=2022-04-19 |access-date=2022-08-28 |website=The Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust}} The crash caused a thirty-foot (9 metre) crater. Eyewitnesses saw a flaming parachute in the air as the plane came crashing down. No one was attached. Part of the parachute was later found fifty yards from the crater.{{Cite news |date=1958-01-14 |title=Pilot's body is found in shattered Canberra |language=en |work=Western Mail}}{{Cite news |date=1958-01-18 |title=Jet crash shakes infants' school |work=Llanelly Star}}

Demographics

Llangennech community's population was 4,964, according to the 2011 census; an increase of 10.07% since the 4,510 people noted in 2001.{{cite web|title=Area: Llangennech (Ward) |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=13696644&c=Llangennech&d=14&e=16&g=6492320&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1486983736893&enc=1&dsFamilyId=789 |publisher=Office for National Statistics |date=18 November 2004 |access-date=13 February 2017}} The 2019 ONS estimates put the population at 5,153.{{Cite web |year=2021 |title=Llangennech Ward: Electoral Division Profile |url=https://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/media/1225642/llangennech-ward.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831202907/https://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/media/1225642/llangennech-ward.pdf |archive-date=2022-08-31 |archive-format=PDF |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=carmarthenshire.gov.wales }}

The 2011 census showed 39.9% of the population could speak Welsh, a fall from 46.8% in 2001.{{cite web |title=2011 Census results by Community |url=http://www.comisiynyddygymraeg.cymru/English/Policy,%20research%20and%20data/Census%20Data/Pages/2011CensusresultsbyCommunity.aspx |publisher=Welsh Language Commissioner |year=2016 |access-date=13 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914001036/http://www.comisiynyddygymraeg.cymru/English/Policy,%20research%20and%20data/Census%20Data/Pages/2011CensusresultsbyCommunity.aspx |archive-date=14 September 2017 |url-status=dead }}

Geography

File:Fallen tree spans the Morlais river - geograph.org.uk - 1881578.jpg

The Afon Morlais runs through the village. The Troserch Woodlands lie near the Afon Morlais, approximately one mile to the north of the village. It is owned by the Troserch Woodland Society. The woodland received a community Green Flag award in 2021.{{Cite web |last=Withers |first=Emily |date=2021-10-14 |title=The full list of the 248 best parks in Wales |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/248-best-parks-wales-21852824 |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=WalesOnline |language=en}} The remains of the old Troserch Mill stands in the woodland.

Animals including otters, hedgehogs and species of reptile including grass snakes, the common lizard and adders have been recorded in the village.{{Cite web |title=Wildlife in your Ward – Llangennech |url=https://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/media/1225437/llangennech.pdf |access-date=2023-08-19 |website= |publisher=Carmarthenshire County Council}}

Governance

Llangennech is currently represented in the UK Parliament by Nia Griffith MP{{Cite news |title=Llanelli parliamentary constituency - Election 2019 - BBC News |language=en-GB |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/W07000045 |access-date=2023-08-15}} and in the Welsh Senedd by Lee Waters MS,{{Cite web |date=2021-05-08 |title=Senedd 2021: Labour's Lee Waters 'blown away' with Llanelli win |url=https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/19288548.senedd-2021-labours-lee-waters-blown-away-llanelli-win/ |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=South Wales Argus |language=en}} both under the Llanelli constituency. Both are members of the Labour party.

The Local Authority for the area is Carmarthenshire County Council and the village's county councillors are Gary Jones and Jacqueline Seward.

= Llangennech Community Council =

On a community level, Llangennech is run by Llangennech Community Council. It currently seats 12 councillors who are elected on a quadrennial basis. Meetings are held in the Llangennech Community Centre and Bryn Hall.

Transport

Llangennech is a commuter village{{Cite book |last=Davies |first=Geoffery |title=Carmarthenshire Villages |publisher=Sigma Leisure |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-85058-943-3 |pages=98–99}} - 85.1% of households own at least one car.{{Cite United Kingdom census|year=2011|table=KS404EW - Car or van availability|title=Car or van availability|access-date=2023-08-30|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=W04000530#section_7_3}} The main thoroughfare of the village, the B4297, connects with the A4138 road - northeast from Hendy and southwest from Bryn - which itself connects with junction 48 of the M4.

Two bus services operate in the village: the L3 and L7. These are run by First Cymru. Residents complained about the reliability of these services, leading local politicians to secure promises from the operator that the services would improve.{{Cite news |last=Lewis |first=Ian |date=2021-11-17 |title=Hopes for bus service to be more dependable |pages=7 |work=Llanelli Star}}{{Cite web |date=2021-10-11 |title=First Cymru makes promise to mend bus service from Llanelli to Llangennech |url=https://walesnewsonline.com/first-cymru-makes-promise-to-mend-bus-service-from-llanelli-to-llangennech/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206024645/https://walesnewsonline.com/first-cymru-makes-promise-to-mend-bus-service-from-llanelli-to-llangennech/ |archive-date=2021-12-06 |access-date=2023-01-10 |website=Wales News Online}}

File:Passenger shelters and electronic displays, Llangennech railway station (geograph 4632084).jpg

Llangennech is served by the Heart of Wales line, with train services between Swansea and Shrewsbury. The franchise for the line is currently run by Transport for Wales (TfW).

= Derailment incident =

On 26 August 2020, ten tankers derailed near the village and spilled around 446,000 litres of fuel. The area of the spillage included a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) and a Special Area of Conservation (SAC). The incident caused major damage to these environments.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

Education

File:Llangennech Junior School.jpg

Ysgol Gymraeg Llangennech is the only school in the village. As of 2021, there were 420 pupils on roll at the school.{{Cite web |title=Ysgol Gymraeg Llangennech |url=https://mylocalschool.gov.wales/School/6692396?lang=en |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=mylocalschool.gov.wales}}

It is notable for its choir, which has competed in the Urdd Eisteddfod{{Cite web |last=heraldwales |date=2016-03-16 |title=Theatre Ffwrnes St David's Day Celebrations |url=https://www.herald.wales/uncategorised/theatre-ffwrnes-st-davids-day-celebrations/ |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=Herald.Wales |language=en-GB}} and the BBC's Song of Praise's School Choir of the Year competition which it won in 2015.{{Cite news |title=Junior school choir takes top prize |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-32776881 |access-date=2023-08-17}}{{Cite web |last=Misstear |first=Rachael |date=2015-05-18 |title=Llangennech Junior School 'bursting with pride' after choir take home title |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/llangennech-junior-school-bursting-pride-9276659 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=WalesOnline |language=en}}

In 2017, Carmarthenshire County Council voted 38–20 in favour of somewhat controversial plans for the school to switch from dual stream education to an exclusively Welsh-medium education.{{Cite news |date=2017-01-18 |title=English stream education removed from Ysgol Llangennech |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-38668914 |access-date=2022-08-28}}{{Cite web |last=Sinclair |first=Tom |date=2017-01-18 |title=Llangennech School to become Welsh-Medium |url=https://www.llanelliherald.com/11508/llangennech-school-to-become-welsh-medium/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508014003/https://www.llanelliherald.com/11508/llangennech-school-to-become-welsh-medium/ |archive-date=2021-05-08 |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=The Llanelli Herald |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Shipton |first=Martin |date=2017-02-14 |title=A village's Welsh schools row has become a national controversy |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/leanne-wood-accuses-labour-candidates-12604880 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=WalesOnline |language=en}}

The school historically feeds into Ysgol Gyfun y Strade and Bryngwyn Comprehensive School for secondary education.{{Cite web |title=Catchment areas |url=https://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/home/council-services/education-schools/school-admissions-and-changing-schools/catchment-areas/?searched=true&Easting=255901&Northing=201769&Language=en-GB&Address=1+CIL+YR+ONNEN,+LLANGENNECH,+LLANELLI,+SA14+8EF#.Y0Mdn-zMJQI |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales}}

Religious sites

There are 4 religious sites in the village: Bryn Seion, Capel Bethesda, St Gwynog's and Capel Salem. The latter 3 all contain Grade II listed buildings.{{Cite web |title=Capel Salem - Cadw Listed Buildings |url=https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=&id=21104 |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net}}{{Cite web |title=Church of St Cennych - Cadw Listed Buildings |url=https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=&id=21095 |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net}}{{Cite web |title=Bethesda Capel Bach - Cadw Listed Buildings |url=https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=&id=21097 |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net}}{{Cite web |title=Capel Bethesda - Cadw Listed Buildings |url=https://cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net/reports/listedbuilding/FullReport?lang=&id=21096 |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net}} Bryn Seion, a Presbyterian chapel, was the subject of a book written by the local resident and renowned historian Hywel Teifi Edwards.

St Gwynog's contains a church built in 1908 at an estimated cost of £2,000. The architect was E. M. Bruce Vaughan. Officially it is known as St Gwynog's, though it has also been known as St Cennych's. The site of St Gwynog's has been home to a church since 1345.

Sports

File:Llangennech field from above.jpg

In late 2018, the Llangennech and Bryn Sports Association (LBSA) was formed. It is a charitable organisation focused on promoting sports in the villages of Llangennech and Bryn, and lobbying for better sporting facilities.{{Cite web |title=LLANGENNECH AND BRYN SPORTS ASSOCIATION - Charity 1183362 |url=https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5133367/charity-overview |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk |language=en-GB}}

= Rugby =

The village's rugby team is Llangennech RFC. There are a range of age groups able to play, and the main team play in the WRU Division One West league. Notable players include the bodybuilder Flex Lewis.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

= Football =

The village is represented in football by Llangennech AFC in the Carmarthenshire League.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

= Cricket =

Cricket made its way to the village in 1881.{{Cite book |last1=Bevan |first1=Kenny |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AVOrYgEACAAJ |title=Bois y Llan: Llangennech RFC |last2=James |first2=Gordon |last3=Jones |first3=Llew |last4=Martin |first4=Rhys |publisher=Kenny Bevan |year=1985 |oclc=656726362}} It is currently represented by Llangennech Cricket Club. It has three senior sides, all playing in the South Wales Cricket Association's leagues. In 2019 the club won both the All Wales Sport midweek league and cup.{{Cite web |title=Llangennech CC |url=https://llang.play-cricket.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118135412/http://llang.play-cricket.com/ |archive-date=2020-11-18 |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=llang.play-cricket.com}}

= Bowls =

There is a bowling green in the village used by the Llangennech & Bryn bowls club.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

Notable residents

Eileen Beasley, Welsh language campaigner, lived here during her and her husband's campaign for Welsh language tax bills{{Cite web |date=2012-09-28 |title=Eileen Beasley: Welsh language campaigner |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/eileen-beasley-welsh-language-campaigner-8190320.html |access-date=2022-08-31 |website=The Independent |language=en |quote=The Rosa Parks of the language movement in Wales was a polite but steel-willed housewife who, with her husband, refused to pay rates on their house in Llangennech, Carmarthenshire, while Llanelli Rural District Council issued demands in English only.}}{{Cite ODNB |title=Beasley [née James], (Catherine) Eileen (1921–2012), teacher and Welsh-language campaigner |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-105629 |access-date=2023-08-28 |date=2016 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/105629 |quote=In 1952 Trefor and Eileen Beasley moved into their first married home, 2 Yr Allt, Llangennech. |last1=Williams |first1=Colin H. |last2=James |first2=E. Wyn }}
Harry Jones, cricketer{{Cite web |title=Harry Jones profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/harry-jones-15545 |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=ESPNcricinfo |publisher=ESPN}}
Huw Edwards, former BBC News presenter, lived in the village during his youth{{Cite news |date=2022-08-05 |title=Urddo Mark Drakeford a Huw Edwards i'r Orsedd |language=cy |work=BBC Cymru Fyw |url=https://www.bbc.com/cymrufyw/62379506 |access-date=2022-08-31}}
Hywel Teifi Edwards, Welsh historian, lecturer and author, lived in the village{{Cite web |last=Rees |first=D. Ben |date=2010-01-26 |title=Hywel Teifi Edwards obituary |url=http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/jan/26/hywel-teifi-edwards-obituary |access-date=2022-08-31 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}{{Cite ODNB |title=Edwards, Hywel Teifi (1934–2010), literary scholar and cultural historian |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-102696 |access-date=2023-08-28 |date=2014 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/102696 |quote=Appointment as an extra-mural lecturer in Welsh literature at University College, Swansea, saw Edwards move in 1965 to his final home in Llangennech, near Llanelli, and marked the beginning of an idyllic thirty-year period of knowledge exchange with the working men and women he regarded as the backbone of Welsh culture. |last1=Thomas |first1=M. Wynn }}
Rhys Gabe, Welsh international rugby player was born in Llangennech{{Cite web |title=GABE, RHYS THOMAS (REES THOMAS GAPE; 1880 - 1967), rugby player {{!}} Dictionary of Welsh Biography |url=https://biography.wales/article/s2-GABE-THO-1880 |access-date=2022-08-31 |website=biography.wales}}{{Cite web |title=GABE, Rhys T. (1880-1967) Rugby player {{!}} The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales - Credo Reference |url=https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/waencywales/gabe_rhys_t_1880_1967_rugby_player/0 |access-date=2023-08-18 |website=search.credoreference.com}}
Tristan Garel Jones, Conservative politician who served as MP for Watford and later became a life peer. The family moved to Llangennech's Bridge Street when his father was posted to India during the Second World War. Jones attended the Welsh speaking village school. They lived above their uncle's newsagent shop.{{Cite web |last=Langdon |first=Julia |date=2020-03-30 |title=Lord Garel-Jones obituary |url=http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/mar/30/lord-garel-jones-obituary |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517134809/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/mar/30/lord-garel-jones-obituary |archive-date=2021-05-17 |access-date=2022-08-28 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}
Steffan Jones, cricketer and coach for the Rajasthan Royals{{Cite news |title=From Llangennech to cricket's grandest tournament |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/cricket/47661978 |access-date=2023-08-26}}
Richard Janion Nevill, industrialist who lived at Llangennech park.{{Cite ODNB |title=Nevill family (per. c. 1793–1973), copper smelters and colliery proprietors |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-47502 |access-date=2023-08-28 |date=2004 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/47502 |last1=Jones |first1=R. Protheroe |last2=Symons |first2=M. V. }}

References

External links

[http://www.llangennechcommunitycouncil.gov.uk/default.aspx Llangennech Community Council]
[http://www.sirgar.gov.uk/ Carmarthenshire County Council]

Category:Villages in Carmarthenshire

Category:Communities in Carmarthenshire

Category:Carmarthenshire electoral wards