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Dafydd Iwan sings Yma O Hyd next to coffin of 19-year-old football fan killed in suspected hit and run

Josh Roberts sadly died in an alleged hit and run earlier this month

Wales Online

Campaign group opposed to 'asylum seeker hotel' apologises to Dafydd Iwan after singing Yma o Hyd at protest

Protestors say they did not mean to offend Mr Iwan and have explained the reasoning behind their choice of song

Wales Online

Dafydd Iwan speaks out as Yma o Hyd 'used by people opposing housing asylum seekers'

Many on Twitter have praised the Welsh folk singer for taking a stand in the matter

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Crowd belts out Yma O Hyd to roar Gerwyn Price on to Premier League darts win in Cardiff

The crowd support was a welcome change from taunting jeers the Welshman usually faces

Wales Online

Gemma Collins has been singing Yma o Hyd and she's surprisingly good

The GC has been learning more about life in Wales

Wales Online

Yma o Hyd: How Wales reaching Qatar World Cup has helped revive Welsh language

The Welsh language has been "suppressed and undermined" but football team's success in reaching first World Cup since 1958 has unlocked a renewed sense of investment in the nation's own culture

Daily Mirror

World Cup fans face ridiculously long queues to get back to Doha on Metro after Wales v USA

The game concluded the first full match day of the World Cup

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Wales served brutal reminder on their biggest ever night but are rescued again by the man who makes them dream

Wales earned a draw on their first game at a World Cup in 64 years but lessons will need to learned

Wales Online

Welsh song Yma O Hyd lyrics, meaning and how it became a Wales football anthem

The song has soared in popularity and is now the official anthem for Wales' World Cup campaign

Wales Online

Dafydd Iwan turns up at Wales World Cup party in Doha and sings Yma o Hyd

The Welsh fans were already having the time of their lives - then this happened

Wales Online

This Welsh Male Voice choir's rousing version of Yma o Hyd can't possibly fail to spur on Wales in the World Cup

As goosebump-inducing versions go, you can't get much better than this

Wales Online

Time for the World Cup to finally meet Wales - how Bale and his team will get on and who they'd meet in knockout rounds

The World Cup is upon us for Wales - so what happens next?

Wales Online

Wales World Cup song 'gives nod to independence movement'

THE official music video for the Welsh national football team’s World Cup campaign has been hailed for embracing Welsh identity and giving a…

The National (Scotland)

Spinetingling rendition of Yma O Hyd breaks out spontaneously among crowd at the National Eisteddfod

The video, which was shared on Twitter, shows the Eisteddfod ground from afar on Sunday evening as hundreds of voices can be heard singing the Dafydd Iwan song

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We asked Dafydd Iwan how he felt about Wales' glorious Yma O Hyd renditions at World Cup play-off win

Welsh football fans were treated to a rousing rendition of Yma o Hyd by Dafydd Iwan on two occasions at Wales v Ukraine

Wales Online

Gareth Bale leads brilliant rendition of Yma o Hyd as Wales stars brimming with pride and emotion

The Wales skipper was front and centre as Dafydd Iwan belted out the song in front of a frenzied Cardiff City Stadium

Wales Online

Yma o Hyd lyrics in full, what it means and why it's now sung at Wales football matches

Legendary folk singer Dafydd Iwan' song will be belted out loud and proud at Cardiff City Stadium ahead of Wales v Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Dafydd Iwan to take centre stage with stirring folk song before Wales playoff

Singer inspired Wales for semi-final with Austria and the 78-year-old returns to lead festival atmosphere for Ukraine game

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The Guardian - UK

Yma o Hyd: the defiant Welsh folk song that’s been 1,600 years in the making

Dafydd Iwan’s Welsh-language ballad tells a rousing story of national survival. Now, 40 years since its release, and with support for independence on the rise, it’s become a football anthem

Wales Online

Yma o Hyd full lyrics, meaning and why Wales football fans started singing it

The song has become another unofficial anthem for the Welsh football team

Wales Online

The story of Yma o Hyd and how Welsh football fans left legendary folk singer Dafydd Iwan in tears 38 years after he wrote it

"The Red Wall was like one big choir singing it with me".

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