1985
in
Wales
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See also:List of years in Wales
Timeline of Welsh history
1985 in
The United Kingdom
England
Scotland
Elsewhere

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1985 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

Events

Arts and literature

  • Robat Powell becomes the first Welsh learner to win the Chair at the National Eisteddfod (see below).[9]

Awards

  • National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Rhyl)
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Robat Powell
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - John Roderick Rees
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Margaret Dafydd

New books

English language

Welsh language

Music

  • Downtown Julie Brown makes her debut on Club MTV.
  • "Dwylo Dros y Môr", performed by various artists, is the Welsh charity song released in coordination with Band Aid.
  • Aled JonesAled Jones With The BBC Welsh Chorus (album)
  • Living Legends – Better Dead Than Wed

Film

Welsh-language films

  • None

Broadcasting

Welsh-language television

English-language television


Sport

Births

Deaths

See also

References

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  9. "Chaired Bard Robat Powell: How can one learn a language?". Parallel.cymru. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  10. Lady Olwen Carey Evans; Mary Garner (1 January 1985). Lloyd George was My Father: The Autobiography of Lady Olwen Carey Evans. Gomer Press. ISBN 978-0-86383-112-6.
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  20. Nicola DaviesUEFA competition record (archive)
  21. "Lord Harlech killed in crash". Shropshire Star. 26 January 1985. p. 1.
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  23. Morgan, Derec Llwyd (1991), Kate Roberts. Writers of Wales series. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-1115-6. An introduction to her work in English.
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  29. R. McHenry; Daphne Daume; J.E. Davis (April 1986). Britannica book of the year: 1986. Encyclopaedia Britannica. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-85229-437-6.
  30. Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales (1976). An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan: pt. 1. pt. a. The early castles from the Norman Conquest to 1217. H.M.S.D. p. x. ISBN 978-0-11-300035-7.
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