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Frongoch
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Frongoch is a village located in Gwynedd, Wales. It lies close to the market town of Bala, on the A4212 road.
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- Locality
- Y Frongoch
- Region
- Cymru / Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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- History
- Whisky
- Prison camp
- Railway station
- Cwmtirmynach Chapel
- Education
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Frongoch is a village located in Gwynedd, Wales. It lies close to the market town of Bala, on the A4212 road.
It was the home of the Frongoch internment camp, used to hold German prisoners-of-war during First World War, and then Irish Republican prisoners from the 1916 Rising.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Frongoch” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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