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Owain Williams (politician)

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Owain Williams
Owain Williams, olew ar gynfas, oil on canvas.jpg
Oil portrait of Owain Williams in 2024 by Welsh artist Rhŷn Williams
Member of Gwynedd Council for Clynnog Fawr
In office
1 May 2008 –5 May 2022
Personal details
BornAugust 1935 (age 90)
Bangor, Gwynedd
Party Llais Gwynedd
Other political
affiliations		 Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru
Independent Wales Party
Covenant Society of the Free Welsh
Plaid Cymru
Welsh Labour
Nickname(s)"Now Gwynus", "Now Bom"

Owain Williams is the leader of Llais Gwynedd, a regionalist political party in Gwynedd, north Wales, and councillor who previously represented the Clynnog Fawr ward for Gwynedd Council.

He is a fervent nationalist committed to an independent Wales. In the 1960s, he was imprisoned twice for his involvement in the Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru (MAC) bombing of the construction site of the Llyn Celyn reservoir. [1] [2] He later turned to democratic politics, becoming the chairman of the Independent Wales Party, as well as a member of, at different times, both the Welsh Labour Party and Plaid Cymru. [3] In May 2008 he was elected chairman of Llais Gwynedd after their emergence following the 2008 Welsh local elections. [4] [5] In the summer of 2009, he was reported to the authorities for leaving the bodies of several dead sheep to rot in his fields. [6] Williams responded by describing the complainant as a “lily-livered coward”, claiming that they were associated with Plaid Cymru and attempting to tarnish his reputation while undergoing treatment for cancer. [7]

Williams' story inspired the 2021 film The Welshman. The film was nominated for a BAFTA Cymru award. [8] He also wrote an autobiography, entitled Tryweryn: A Nation Awakes. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "I'm no traitor, says ex-bomber who now owns a caravan park; Nationalist accused after opening holiday centre in Llyn. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "Dam bomber: I wanted to rock the nation; In his new autobiography, Gwynedd politician Owain Williams reveals his reasons for trying to sabotage work to supply Liverpool with Welsh water. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. ↑ Devine, Darren (27 July 2009). "Radical 'paved way for devolution'". WalesOnline. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "WALES: Rebel with a cause; SPECIAL REPORT LLAIS GWYNEDD STUNNED THE LOCAL POLITICAL SCENE BY TAKING 12 SEATS AT LAST WEEK'S ELECTION. HERE LEADER OWAIN WILLIAMS INSISTS THEY ARE NO SINGLE-ISSUE PARTY. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  5. ↑ Devine, Darren (4 April 2016). "Tryweryn bomber recounts role in attempt to blow up dam". WalesOnline. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  6. ↑ Daily Post, "Rebel with a cause" (Ian Parri), May 9 2008.
  7. ↑ "Furious row over dead sheep on Gwynedd councillor's land". North Wales Live. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  8. ↑ Crump, Eryl (9 September 2021). "New film on life of Tryweryn bomber Owain Williams up for BAFTA awards". North Wales Live. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  9. ↑ "'I hoped dam bomb would awaken ordinary people' In 1963 Owain Williams took a 'drastic step to awaken ordinary people'- he took part in the bombing of the Tryweryn dam. Here, he recounts his role in a milestone in Welsh history. Darren Devine reports. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 10 February 2023.


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