Dafydd Iwan will perform the Welsh national anthem ‘Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau’ ahead of this Sunday’s JD Welsh Cup Final.
Caernarfon Town and Flint Town United will meet in the final of the world’s third-oldest domestic cup competition at Rodney Parade in Newport on Sunday 12 April (KO 15:15).
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Iwan will also perform Yma o Hyd ahead of the game, fresh from his stirring rendition of the song to accompany Lauren Price’s walk out before she retained her welterweight world titles against Stephanie Pineiro in Cardiff last weekend.
Supporters are encouraged to enter Rodney Parade by 14:30, to ensure they do not miss an iconic performance.
Yma o Hyd was originally recorded by Dafydd Iwan and Ar Log in 1983 detailing the survival of the Welsh language against all the odds. The song’s title translates to ‘We’re Still Here’ and celebrates Welsh as one of the oldest living languages in the world.
The song has become synonymous with the successes of the Cymru national teams and Dafydd Iwan has spent time with both the men’s and women’s squads to explain the cultural importance of this song.
