and Blaenau Ffestiniog were left outside, thus creating a doughnut-shaped area excluded from the National Park. Gallery Notable residents Gai Toms music artist Noted former residents Gwyn Thomas, Welsh poet, academic and the present National Poet for Wales, was born in Tanygrisiau in 1936. As a boy, his family then moved to Blaenau Ffestiniog. Meredydd Evans (born Llanegryn, Wales 1919) was a collector, editor, historian and notable performer of folk music of Wales. References External links Landscape photographs in and around Blaenau Ffestiniog geograph.co.uk, photos of Tanygrisiau and surrounding area Villages in Gwynedd Mining communities in Wales Ffestiniog