St. Dogmaels

St Dogmaels ( _cy. Llandudoch) is a village and civil parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales, on the estuary of the River Teifi, a mile downstream from the town of Cardigan in neighbouring Ceredigion.

The village is famous for the remains of a 12th century Tironian abbey, which was in its day one of the richer monastic institutions in the whole of Wales. It was once a marcher borough. Owen, in 1603, described it as one of five Pembrokeshire boroughs overseen by a portreeve [Owen, George, "The Description of Penbrokshire by George Owen of Henllys Lord of Kemes", Henry Owen (Ed), London, 1892] .

In 2006 the village won the Wales Calor Village of the Year competition after beating Trefriw in the final. [http://www.villageoftheyear.org/wales/index.htm]

St Dogmaels is twinned with the village of Trédarzec in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.

The Abbey Shakespeare Plays

Plays by Shakespeare are performed annually in the abbey in the summer months. Some of the actors are from the local area, others come from all over Great Britain and return regularly.

In 2008 the play will be Henry IV – a combined version of Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2. Previous productions include:
*2007 – Love's Labour's Lost
*2006 – Much Ado About Nothing
*2005 – Romeo & Juliet
*2004 – Pericles

See also

* St. Dogmaels Abbey
* Calor Village of the Year

References

External links

* [http://www.abbeyshakespeare.co.uk abbeyshakespeare.co.uk : The website of the Abbey Shakespeare Players]
* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2736003 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of St. Dogmaels and surrounding area]