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Serigi Wyddel, (Serigi "The Irishman"), was a semi-mythical figure connected to the island of Anglesey. According to an early Welsh "triad", (a short piece of information designed to help travelling bards remember the key events of popular tales), this figure was an Irish king, who did battle with the King of Gwynedd, known as Cadwallon "Lawhir", (or Long-Armed), who reigned around the year AD500. According to the tale, he was slain by the aforementioned Cadwallon, at a place known as Cerrig y Gwyddyl, or "Rocks of the Wilderness".

Writers from later years, such as the poet Lewys Mon, and the writer David Powell (1584), have claimed that Serigi was instead slain by Cadwallon inside the walls of a Roman fort in Holyhead, where the church of Holyhead now stands. According to 18th century writer N. Owen, Serigi was buried in the chapel known as Eglwys y Bedd, but this is unsubstantiated.

There have also been claims that he was made into a popular "saint" by the Irish, and perhaps even the Welsh, but this is again without evidence.

This individual is the only known Irishman to bear the name "Serigi", and has thus led some to speculate that it is a corruption of a different Irish name.

References

Owen, N. (1775). A History of the Island of Anglesey. London: J. Dodsley. [42] p.31-33, [43] 34.

Lloyd, J.E. (1912). A History of Wales from the Earliest Times to the Edwardian Conquest. London: Longmans, Green, and Co. [38] p.120.

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