Welsh-language weekly newspaper
Seren Gomer was the first Welsh-language weekly newspaper. The first number was published in 1814 in Swansea by the local Baptist minister and writer Joseph Harris (Gomer).[1]
Publishing history
The weekly was intended to cover news from the whole of Wales and from overseas, as well as literary material. Its success was limited: it went out of business in 1815 after 85 editions, partly due to the heavy tax on newspapers and a shortfall in advertising revenue.[2] In 1818 Harris revived the publication, which became associated with the Baptist denomination. In 1820 it became a monthly. The writer and poet Evan Owen Allen was among its contributors.
When Harris died in 1825, the paper was purchased by Carmarthen publisher Hugh William Jones [cy] and became a quarterly Baptist magazine. This continued until 1983.
Editors
- 1951–1975: Lewis Valentine
- 1975–1977: David Eirwyn Morgan
References
External links
