What Inspired the Welsh Flag?

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Why is there a dragon on the Welsh Flag? When did it happen?

Leafing through ancient historical documents and logging on to legends, we find out just how old the star of the show - the centrepiece of the Welsh flag, the Red Dragon - really is. And how and when it came to symbolise not just great heroes of yesteryear, but the Welsh nation itself.
From: Welsh Icons
First broadcast : 1 March 2011

Teachers' notes

Age Group : 9-11,11-14

Subject : History, Welsh First Language

Topic : Celts, Medieval Wales, Forming a nation, Writers of yesterday and today

Keywords : Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship, Aneurin,Welsh identity, Ddraig Goch, Welsh flag

Notes : History; Study using primary sources including poetry. History of flags, Saxon history. English; Study of 6th century poetry of Aneurin. ESDGC; study of national identity. Cymraeg iaith gyntaf / Welsh 1st language ; Barddoniaeth Aneurin

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