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David Richards (22 January 1751 – 12 May 1827) better-known by his bardic name Dafydd Ionawr was a Welsh-language poet born at Glanyrafon near Bryn-crug in the parish of Tywyn in Merionethshire (now Gwynedd) north-west Wales.He took an interest in poetry as a result of his acquaintance with Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydydd Hir) who was curate of St Cadfan’s Church Tywyn and was later sent to a school at Ystradmeurig to obtain a better education than was available locally.