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Information about 2005 In Wales

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2005 in the United Kingdom
2005 in Ireland
Other events of 2005
This article is about the particular significance of the year 2005 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

Events

Arts and literature

Awards

  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Tudur Dylan Jones
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Christine James
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Dylan Iorwerth for Darnau
  • National Eisteddfod of Wales: Drama Medal - Manon Steffan
  • Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen - Sian Eirian Rhys Davies for I Fyd Sy Well
  • Wales Book of the Year:
  • English language: Owen Sheers, The Dust Diaries
  • Welsh language: Caryl Lewis - Martha Jac a Sianco

New books

Music

Film

Welsh-language films

  • Y Lleill, directed by Emyr Glyn Williams

Television

Welsh-language television

Sport

Births

Deaths

2004 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

  • Prince of Wales - Charles, Prince of Wales
  • Princess of Wales - vacant
  • First Minister - Rhodri Morgan
  • Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales - Dafydd Elis-Thomas

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2006 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

  • Prince of Wales - Charles, Prince of Wales
  • Princess of Wales - Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall (does not use title)
  • First Minister - Rhodri Morgan

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This page indexes the individual year in Wales pages. Each year is annotated with a significant event as a reference point.

Further reading

  • Breverton, Terry - The Welsh Almanack (Wales Books, 2003)
  • Fisher, Deborah C.

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2005 in the United Kingdom:
Other years
2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007

News by month
Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun
Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec

Sport and Music
British and Irish current events
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RBS Six Nations Championship
  • Ireland 28-17 Italy
  • Ireland 40-13 Scotland
  • Ireland 19-13 England

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    • 20th century - 21st century - 22nd century
    1970s  1980s  1990s  - 2000s -  2010s  2020s  2030s
    2002 2003 2004 - 2005 - 2006 2007 2008

    2005 by topic:
    News by month
    Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun
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    Motto
    Cymru am byth   (Welsh)
    "Wales forever"
    Anthem
    "Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau"
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    Prince of Wales (Welsh: Tywysog Cymru) is a title traditionally granted to the Heir Apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom (and formerly the Kingdom of Great Britain and before that the Kingdom of England).
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    The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George;<ref name="sur" /> born 14 November 1948), is the eldest son of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
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    Princess of Wales is a courtesy title held by the wife of the Prince of Wales since the first "English" Prince of Wales in 1282. Due to the mortality rate and the fact that some Princes of Wales did not marry before ascending to the throne, there have in fact been only ten
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    Wales

    This article is part of the series:
    Politics of Wales

    • Contemporary Welsh Law
    • English Law
    • Courts of England and Wales
    • National Assembly for Wales

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    Hywel Rhodri Morgan, PC AM (born 29 September 1939) is a Welsh politician; the Labour National Assembly for Wales Member for the constituency of Cardiff West; and the first and current First Minister for Wales (and the second First Secretary for Wales) .
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    Wales

    This article is part of the series:
    Politics of Wales

    • Contemporary Welsh Law
    • English Law
    • Courts of England and Wales
    • National Assembly for Wales

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    Dafydd Elis Elis-Thomas, Baron Elis-Thomas PC AM, (born 18 October, 1946) is a Welsh politician and is current Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales. He is a member of the House of Lords, a former leader of Plaid Cymru and was made a privy counsellor in 2004.
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    The Secretary of State for Wales is the head of the Wales Office within the United Kingdom cabinet. He is responsible for ensuring Welsh interests are taken into account by the government, representing the government within Wales and overseeing the passing of legislation which is
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    Peter Gerald Hain PC MP (born February 16, 1950, Nairobi, Kenya) is a British, Left-wing Labour Party politician and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (he is also Secretary of State for Wales). He is the Member of Parliament for the Welsh constituency of Neath.
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    The Province of Wales in the Anglican Communion was created in 1920, as the Church in Wales, independent from the Church of England (of which the four Welsh dioceses had previously been part).
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    Dr Barry Morgan, Archbishop of Wales (born 1947), has been the leader of the Church in Wales since 2003.

    Archbishop Morgan was born in Neath, and studied at University College, London, and Selwyn College, Cambridge.
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    Bishop of Llandaff is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Llandaff.

    Area of authority

    The diocese covers most of the County of Glamorgan. The Bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (the site of a church wrongly said to
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    January 10 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

    Events

    • 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war.

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    Jane Hutt (born 1949) is a Welsh Labour politician and a Minister in the Welsh Assembly Government, and a member of the National Assembly for Wales for the Vale of Glamorgan, and currently the Welsh Assembly Government Minister for Education, Children and Young People.
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    Wales

    This article is part of the series:
    Politics of Wales

    • Contemporary Welsh Law
    • English Law
    • Courts of England and Wales
    • National Assembly for Wales

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    20th century - 21st century
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    1996 1997 1998 - 1999 - 2000 2001 2002

    Year 1999 (MCMXCIX
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    Dr. Brian Gibbons FRCGP, (born in 1950 and brought up in west of Ireland) is the Labour Party Assembly Member for Aberavon since May 1999 and was appointed Welsh Assembly Government Minister for Social Justice and Local Government in July 2007.
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    January 22 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

    Events

    • 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus.

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    City of Cardiff
    Dinas Caerdydd

    Administration
    Constituent country Wales
    Sovereign state United Kingdom
    Post town CARDIFF
    Postal districts CF3, CF5, CF10, CF11, CF14, CF23, CF24, CF99
    Dialling code 029
    Vehicle codes CA-CO
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    Live Aid was a multi-venue rock music concert held on July 13, 1985 (1985--) . The event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in order to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia.
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    Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born 30 March 1945), nicknamed "Slowhand", is a Grammy Award winning English guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. He is one of the most successful musicians of the 20th and 21st century,[1]
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