Llanycrwys

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = Wales

| official_name = Llanycrwys

| constituency_welsh_assembly = Carmarthen East and Dinefwr

| static_image = Eglwys Llanycrwys - geograph.org.uk - 432659.jpg

| static_image_width = 260px

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| coordinates = {{coord|52.083|-3.983|display=inline,title}}

| community_wales = Llanycrwys

| unitary_wales = Carmarthenshire

| lieutenancy_wales = Dyfed

| constituency_westminster = Caerfyrddin

| post_town = Llanwrda

| postcode_district = SA19

| postcode_area = SA

| dial_code =

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| type = Hamlet and community

| module= 240px
Map of the community

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Llanycrwys is a hamlet{{Cite web |title=Llanycrwys, Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin) |url=https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/llanycrwys-carmarthenshire-sir-gaerfyrddin |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=OS GetOutside |language=en-gb}} and community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Situated in the historical Cayo Hundred in the Union of Lampeter, it is situated near the River Cothi, and is separated from the parish of Caio by the Afon Twrch, which flows near the St. Davids church.{{cite web|author=Lewis, Samuel|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/CMN/Llan-y-Crwys/|title=LLAN-Y-CRWYS [Llan-Crwys]|publisher= A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, accessed via Genuki.org.uk|accessdate=10 September 2014}}{{cite book|last1=Brayley|first1=Edward Wedlake|last2=Britton|first2=John|title=The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County: North Wales|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BY9CAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA17|year=1812|publisher=T. Maiden|page=17}} The church is isolated, and was restored in 1892 by C. H. Purday of Ewan Christian, who had a porch on the western side, with a timbered gable.{{cite book|last1=Lloyd|first1=Thomas|last2=Orbach|first2=Julian|last3=Scourfield|first3=Robert|title=Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wEkcJb2lHx8C&pg=PA342|year=2006|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=0-300-10179-1|page=342}}

In 1934, local schoolmaster Daniel Jenkins published Cerddi Ysgol Llanycrwys,{{cite book|last=Knowles|first=Anne Kelly|title=Calvinists Incorporated: Welsh Immigrants on Ohio's Industrial Frontier|url=https://archive.org/details/calvinistsincorp0000know|url-access=registration|date=1 February 1997|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-44853-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/calvinistsincorp0000know/page/71 71]}} a collection of Welsh language poetry written by well-known Welsh poets for the celebration of St. David's Day at Llanycrwys between 1901 and 1920.

The community is bordered by the communities of Cynwyl Gaeo and Pencarreg, both being in Carmarthenshire; and by Llanfair Clydogau in Ceredigion.