David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr) Oxford, before going to teach at Oswestry grammar school. He then taught at the grammar school in Carmarthen before being appointed head of a free school in his native area. From 1800 to 1807, he taught in Dolgellau, where he remained until his death. David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr) David Richards (22 January 1751 – 12 May 1827), better-known by his bardic name Dafydd Ionawr, was a Welsh-language poet, born at Glanyrafon near Bryn-crug in the parish of Tywyn in Merionethshire (now Gwynedd), north-west Wales. He took an interest in poetry as a result of his acquaintance with Evan Evans (Ieuan
Office for the Welsh Legislative Counsel makers, to maintain the clarity and order of laws applicable to Wales on what is commonly referred to as the statute book. Working within a single England and Wales jurisdiction and within the context of existing legislation that was enacted both for Wales and England (or the United Kingdom as a whole), the aim is to separate and demarcate Welsh laws where practicable. Office for the Welsh Legislative Counsel The newest of the United Kingdom's legislative drafting offices, the (Welsh) Office of the Legislative Counsel was created in 2007 in anticipation of the coming into force of the Government of