Geraint Manuscripts

2 notebooks consisiting of poetry, sermon notes, elegies, letters, speeches etc.

Geraint, a rural poet from Llandwrog, Caernarfonshire, was the brother of Owen Griffith Owen (Alafon) and William Griffith Owen (Llifon). His real name is not known and no further biographical information was available at time of compilation of description.

Incorporated into the General Collection of Bangor Manuscripts. There is no apparent system of arrangement.

Open to all users.

Donated by J.W. Jones, Minffordd, Ffestiniog in 1929.

Description compiled by Elen Wyn Hughes, July 2002.

An item level typescript catalogue is available at the Archives Department of the University of Wales Bangor. Reference numbers : General Collection of Bangor Manuscripts 501-501A

Usual copyright conditions apply. Reprographics are made at the discretion of the Archivist.

Material relating to Alafon, the brother of Geraint, is also held at the Archives Department of the University of Wales Bangor.