Top Ten Facts About Wales

FACTS ABOUT WALES. BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY NOT KNOWN AS AN ENTITY OF ITS OWN BUT A COUNTRY WITH A HISTORY TO MATCH ANY.. HERE ARE FACTS ABOUT THE NATION.
The Top Ten
1 Rugby Union Is the National Sport

Bit like American Football, except we don't need all that sissy armour.

A MAN'S GAME. NOT CRICKET OR SOCCER LIKE THE REST OF UK

Dazter69 Oi most of my holidays, including school have been in Wales.

2 Welsh Is One of Europe's Oldest Languages

STILL USED BY WELSH PEOPLE, EVEN THOUGH IT HAS BEEN BANNED IN ITS HISTORY

3 Wales Has More Castles Per Square Mile Then Any Country On Earth

CASTLES THE LENGTH OF WALES MOSTLY BUILT BY THE English TO KEEP REBELLION AT BAY

4 The Population of Wales Is Just Over 3 Million

THIS IS 3 MILLION OUT OF A UK POPULATION OF ABOUT 60

Not truce a lie

5 St. David Is the Patron Saint

COULD EASILY OF BEEN ST PATRICK, WHO WAS WELSH

6 There Have Been 8 U.S. Presidents of Welsh Stock

THESE INC LINCOLN, JEFFERSON, ADAMS TO NAME BUT A FEW

7 Welshmen Mostly Migrated to Patagonia South America From 1865

WELSH IS STILL SPOKEN BY SOME ARGENTINIANS TODAY.

May be described as the word hate but that's a lie

8 There Is Almost 40,000 Welsh Speakers In Argentina

MAYBE AS MANY AS 15,000 AS FIRST LANGUAGE

9 Owain Glyndwr Is a Welsh Hero

HE WAS THE FIRST MAN TO UNITE WALES. INSTEAD OF TRIBAL RIVALRY WHICH LED TO DIFFERENT AREAS AIDING RAIDING ARMIES. THIS RIVALRY IS STILL EVIDENT TODAY ESPECIALLY WHERE SPORT IS CONCERNED

10 2 Welsh Soccer Teams Are In the English Premier League

CARDIFF AND SWANSEA BOTH PLAY IN THE EPL. THE RIVALRY BETWEEN THESE 2 TEAMS USUALLY ERUPTS IN FAN VIOLENCE.. THE CARDIFF CITY HOOLIGANS ARE ONE OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS IN THE UK..

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11 There is a Village In Wales Called Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
12 The Welsh national anthem is Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau
13 Daffodil (which is the Welsh national flower) has a Welsh name which is Cennin Pedr🌺
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