Of Mermaids and Fairies

Rita Singer

Of Mermaids and Fairies

Rita Singer

Department of Geography and Earth Sciences

Research output: Other contribution

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Abstract

Fairies are frequent characters in stories from across Wales. The fairies known as Plant Rhys Ddwfn sometimes appear as mermaids in Pembrokeshire folklore. | Mae’r Tylwyth Teg yn ymddangos yn aml mewn storïau o bob cwr o Gymru. Mae’r tylwyth teg sy’n cael eu hadnabod fel Plant Rhys Ddwfn weithiau’n ymddangos fel môr-forynion yn llên gwerin Sir Benfro.

Translated title of the contribution	Môr-forynion a’r Tylwyth Teg
Original language	English
Media of output	web
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - 06 Aug 2021

Keywords

Wales
Fishguard
Abergwaun
folk belief
folklore
mermaids
port heritage
Port town
Age of Revolutions
Fairies

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11 Other contribution
5 Digital or Visual Products
2 Article
1 Web publication/site

Documentary Film Still Images
Singer, R. & Smith, J. L., 21 Feb 2023
Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products

Open Access
Port Voices
Singer, R. & Smith, J. L., 22 Feb 2023
Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products

Open Access
‘The Cry of the Hungry’: A Soup Kitchen for Victorian Holyhead
Singer, R., 01 Feb 2023
Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site

Open Access
Hafenorte, damals und heute: Dokumentarfilme
Singer, R., Merriman, P., Jones, R., Vinken, P. & Kother, R., 2022
Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products

Open Access
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2 Downloads (Pure)
King George IV’s Visit to Holyhead
Singer, R., 09 Mar 2022
Research output: Other contribution

Open Access
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Of Cock Fights and Duels
Singer, R., 22 Apr 2022, 1 p.
Research output: Other contribution

Open Access
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Picturing the Battle of Fishguard
Singer, R., 21 Feb 2022, 1 p.
Research output: Other contribution

Open Access
Ports, Past and Present: Documentaries
Singer, R., Merriman, P., Jones, R., Vinken, P. & Kother, R., 2022
Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products

Open Access
File
Port Stories: Heritage
Singer, R., Smith, J. L. & Nolan, C., 13 Apr 2022
Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products

Open Access
Public Humanities EcoGothic at the Coast in Ireland and Wales
Connolly, C., Singer, R. & Smith, J. L., 22 Jun 2022, In: Gothic Nature: New Directions in Ecohorror and the EcoGothic. 3, p. 19-45 1.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
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The Hollywood of Pembrokeshire
Singer, R., 09 Mar 2022
Research output: Other contribution

Open Access
File

Ports, Past and Present Image Bank
Singer, R., Prifysgol Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth University, 18 May 2023
DOI: 10.20391/cd3bcd41-582c-4732-8136-b9d187252862, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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Ports Past & Present joint (DGES) with 13107
Merriman, P.
Welsh European Funding Office
01 May 2019 → 30 Apr 2023
Project: Externally funded research

Come With Us 2 Influencer Press Trip 2023
Rita Singer
18 Mar 2020 → 09 May 2023
3 items of Media coverage, 1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media coverage
New UCC Collections in the Digital Repository of Ireland, May 2023
Rita Singer & James Louis Smith
27 Apr 2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media coverage
The last invasion of Britain wasn’t in 1066
Rita Singer
21 Feb 2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media contribution
Ontdek deze 5 unieke havenplaatsen aan de Ierse Zee
Rita Singer
11 Dec 2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media coverage
We Are Travellers Influencer Press Trip Autumn 2022
Rita Singer
17 Oct 2022 → 01 Dec 2022
1 item of Media coverage, 1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media coverage
Ports Past and Present at On Land's Edge, Theatr Gwaun Fishguard
Rita Singer
22 Sept 2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media coverage
Minister opens Aberystwyth film premiere for port stories
Rita Singer
27 May 2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media coverage
Ports Past and Present starts filming in Pembroke Dock
Rita Singer
01 Jul 2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media contribution

8 Festival or Exhibition
3 Oral presentation

SeeMôr Film Festival Anglesey: Holyhead Film Launch | Gŵyl Ffilm Môn: Lansiad Ffilm Caergybi
Rita Singer (Organiser), Elizabeth Edwards (Organiser), Peter Merriman (Organiser) & Rhys Jones (Organiser)
22 Oct 2022
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Festival or Exhibition
Ar Ymyl y Tir / On Land's Edge
Rita Singer (Organiser), Elizabeth Edwards (Organiser), Peter Merriman (Organiser) & Rhys Jones (Organiser)
24 Sept 2022 → 25 Sept 2022
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Festival or Exhibition
Dublin EPIC Exhibition Launch and Film Showings
Elizabeth Edwards (Organiser), Cathrine Agnew (Organiser), Rita Singer (Organiser), Peter Merriman (Organiser), Rhys Jones (Organiser) & Aoife Dowling (Organiser)
16 Aug 2022
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Festival or Exhibition
Dublin Exhibition: Creative Connections across the Irish Sea | Arddangosfa yn Nulyn: Cysylltiadau creadigol ar draws Môr Iwerddon
Elizabeth Edwards (Organiser), Cathrine Agnew (Organiser), Rita Singer (Organiser), Peter Merriman (Organiser) & Rhys Jones (Organiser)
13 Aug 2022 → 21 Aug 2022
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Festival or Exhibition
Dublin Port Centre, Film Launch "At the Water's Edge: Stories of the Irish Sea"
Marta Lopez (Organiser), Rita Singer (Organiser), Elizabeth Edwards (Organiser), Lar Joye (Organiser), Peter Merriman (Organiser) & Rhys Jones (Organiser)
13 Aug 2022
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Festival or Exhibition
Pembroke Dock Film Launch for "At the Water's Edge: Stories of the Irish Sea"
Rita Singer (Organiser), Peter Merriman (Organiser), Rhys Jones (Organiser) & Elizabeth Edwards (Organiser)
30 Jul 2022
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Festival or Exhibition
Ports, Past and Present at Rosslare Harbour Festival: Heritage Arts Music
Rita Singer (Organiser), Peter Merriman (Organiser), Rhys Jones (Organiser), Cathrine Agnew (Organiser) & Elizabeth Edwards (Organiser)
17 Jun 2022 → 18 Jun 2022
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Festival or Exhibition
Ports Past and Present at Ceredigion Museum
Rita Singer (Organiser), Peter Merriman (Organiser) & Rhys Jones (Organiser)
21 May 2022 → 25 Jun 2022
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Festival or Exhibition
‘[A] very improbable and imaginative fiction’: fictionalising the French invasion of Fishguard
Rita Singer (Speaker)
13 Nov 2021
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Blue Crises in the Irish Sea: Coastal Communities in Ireland and Wales
Jonathan Evershed (Speaker), Rhys Jones (Speaker), Peter Merriman (Speaker), Rita Singer (Speaker) & Aoife Dowling (Speaker)
30 Jun 2021
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Interpreting Gothic Strangeness and Tragedy at the Coast in Public Humanities Storytelling
Rita Singer (Speaker), James Louis Smith (Speaker) & Claire Connolly (Speaker)
26 Jun 2021
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation

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