What is "dolwyddelan"

Dolwyddelan, ( Welsh language : the meadow of Gwyddelan) is a village and community in Conwy county borough, north Wales, on the main A470 road between Blaenau Ffestiniog and Betws-y-Coed. The name of the village translates as "Gwyddelan's meadow", referring to the 5th or 6th century Saint Gwyddelan, after whom the parish church is named. As a community, the population of Dolwyddelan was recorded in the 2001 Census as 427, and 55.8% of those residents could speak Welsh. The figures for the 2011 census were: population 474:Welsh speakers=50.8%.

The town's name was formerly often spelled as Dolwyddelen, especially by the railway between 1880 and 1980.