Cymru am byth: How the Welsh found a home in Liverpool

‘When a Welsh lad reached 15, he was taken to the top of Mount Snowdon, pointed in the direction of Vittoria Dock in Birkenhead, and told ‘yonder lies the promised land’'

Dear members — a few months ago, we published a piece from first-time Post writer David Swift: Yes, Ireland helped shape Liverpool. But Liverpool helped shape Ireland too. Swift took us on a whistle-stop tour of Liverpool’s Irish landmarks, and back through the history books too, on how Liverpool and Ireland came to have the rich and interwoven relationship they now do. After publishing, we got an email from a long-term reader: Glyn Mon Hughes. 

He enjoyed the piece a lot, but wanted to ask: what about the Welsh? The massive Irish influence in Liverpool is rightly celebrated (just head to one of the city’s many Irish pubs on St Patrick’s Day) but why so little love for St David? Why no Felinfoel real ale spilling onto the streets on 1st March? Well, that’s a fair point. So in today’s edition we gave Glyn free reign to make his case for why Liverpool’s Welsh population is as influential as any. We hope you enjoy it!