Bannau Brycheiniog: an old name for a new way to be 

I love Michael Sheen, so inspiring. Way to go Wales 👏👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

My granddaughter is a volunteer youth warden in the Bannau. The management plan is a wonderful opportunity to conserve this beautiful area and to put right the damage that has been done. She repairs gates and pathways, puts up bird / bat boxes and conserves peat bogs .We can all make a difference in small ways.👏👏👏

I chose the Username 5 years ago. Beautiful area

Wow, I only came to find out how to pronounce Bannau Brycheiniog and heard this powerful piece spoken by Michael Sheen. You'd need a heart of stone not to be moved by this.

Beautiful words that made me cry ❤ Love from Éire ☘️

I am English, but I think this is nice. I understand the concept of a lingua franca, but a people should have a language and identity, it needs to be guarded and preserved. And Wales is a very old nation, with such a unique culture. It's nice to see how passionate Mr. Sheen is in regards to his nation, I admire his patriotism!

This is epic. So happy with how we have been reclaiming our culture the last few years. It started with the football which I never expected. Yma o hyd!!!!

Precious and stunning area. I can't wait to visit again, although I am in Oxfordshire these are still my "local mountains" and the feeling of atavism and joy every time I visit just makes me look forward to when I can get back there again. The new name is far better than the old, and encompasses the essence of the place. Michael Sheen was just the right person to front this video- I will mention it on the Wessex Ways podcast.

Found this inspiring; well done Wales - good for you & good for the land

Ah, I remember driving across the Brecon Beacons. Driving over cattle grids. A beautiful memory.

Sounds good to me. (English). We call London that, but french people call it Londres. Of course the nation the site is in gets to name in their own language!(or should)

Why is this making me tear up? Ugh, Michael Sheen, why are you so good at what you do.

Ive always called it bannau brycheiniog tbh, i even did my duke of edinburgh silver award there in 2002 :)

He said that with total belief - that's what we need. A beautiful and healthy vision for sure. I was trying to pronounce the name the other day. Thanks for the clarity. Mark (Hereford)

I like the name, very Tolkienesque.

I think this is wonderful. Made me quite emotional. It's fabulous to see Wales reclaiming its language and culture and thinking of the future, throwing off the changes the English imposed upon it. Typical to see those that are ignorant of this up in arms... whatever. The world can learn to say it right, rather than lazily using anglicised (or completely invented) names. Ymlaen, Cymru!

Inspiring: beautifully done, words to live by

What a fantastic video. I was in tears watching that. This is such a wonderful decision, I can’t wait to see the changes take shape. Diolch yn fawr iawn.

Inspiring. Beautifully done.

Including captions in Welsh labeled "English (United Kingdom)"... absolutely brilliant. And wow, what a beautiful landscape! I enjoy the shots of otters and foxes :)

Thank You 💚🌱🕊🌱💚

Sheen stirs the ancient Celt in me. The Celt that held back the Roman advance in South Wales for 30 years. Wales deserves independence.

Beautiful and magnificent - the land and the actor. Richard Burton vibes ....

You sound more Welsh the more empassioned you act 😂

I'm looking at going camping around these parts later this year!

Wonderful.

Bannau Brycheiniog is one of the loveliest place on Earth and Sheen - a proper thespian - is the perfect choice to give voice to this change.

It is beautiful and, by the way, I'd vote for you Sheeny.

The Pollarded Trees of the Beacons are just stunning. Cultural, full of biodiversity and life. The future could be so much better with these back in 'cycle', with #agroforestry at the heart of everything as is happening across Europe.

Chills!

We should be proud of our language and of our countryside. This is a great move, and as long as big steps are taken to restore nation in the park as hinted at then I see this as a positive rebrand that Wales sorely needs in many other areas.

Nice 🙂👍

Some of these comments are hilarious. "How dare a Welsh place refer to itself by a Welsh name?"

Why would anyone down vote this video? :( 358 downvotes... Why?

Makes me feel very patriotic and proud of our long history. Well done Michael 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🤍❤️💚 #cymruambyth #michaelforprimeminister

What a brilliant initiative - and what a moving tribute. Bringing back the Welsh name is a symbol of that renewal, and a reminder of Welsh heritage.

I really hope that it happens but you have got to stop the cars, use park and ride if hotels want to trade they should provide the transport, there’s only a few people who benefit from tourism the general population don’t. I was at Llandudno last year and got talking to a local who said the same thing local people lives distrusted by tourism that benefits the area not them. I have been to the area and also Snowden and the lakes but I wouldn’t go now too many people allowed there when I used to go there was lots of room to roam without the crowds. I really hope that anew name makes a difference. Regards Ian

Da iawn 👏👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤🐠

I love the Brecon Beacons

If only poor Dartmoor could get a celebrity endorsement! We may have avoided the awful recent events...

'B B' : the green lung of the postindustrial valleys -Richard Burton would be proud boy bach.

'King Brilliant!

Local mountains for local people.

Hollol wych 🤩

I passed through Bannau Brycheiniog and crashed my car like an idiot. That land is St. King Brychan's land. He was a fierce defender of Christianity and a good king, and a Saint in Heaven! He protected me by his prayers to God, and thankfully I only lost a tire in my stupidity. It's great they are giving it the old name. O Holy St. Brychan, pray to God for us!

Wonderful. Cymru am byth

Can't see electric vehicles the way forward. Although it's the favourite of big business. An engine which can burn hydrogen would be best. Converts water to 2 molecules of hydrogen and 1 of oxygen.

Malu cachu !

I have never known it as Brecon Beacons. Where does that come from? Always known it as Bannau Brycheiniog

So what are council doing about the Beacons abandoned land...above Talgarth...261 acres of it...an old abandoned psychiatric hospital...labour did promise 100,000 homes...🤔

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Inspirational stuff... really makes me want to visit the Brecon Beacons, and immerse myself in all the wonderful nature and mystique the Brecon Beacons has to offer.

Beautiful

Stopped by to watch the video that so many people are complaining about. I swear some people just want to disregard any part of the heritage of the British Isles that isn't English. Cymru am byth :)

If the plan ( FUTURE WALES 2040) to meet net zero, is to fill the majority of our uplands with giant wind turbines that are known to kill thousands or more birds and other species every year... How will this help te bird population in the area?

Da iawn, ond peidiwch â darllen y sylwadau!

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so, why are they changing the name?

I used to be called by my English name Dick Hard but now I prefer the ancient Welsh version of my name!

A great idea but will it fall at the first hurdle? Wales needs to stand up for herself and genuinely try to protect her culture,language, and environment. Will she though? Will anyone challenge the greed of second homes and Air BnB or will she politely allow the decay to continue? Will there be an attempt to at least try to learn the language by the myriad incomers attracted by the scenery, but dismissive of the culture? Will agricultural and industrial profiteers be properly regulated? Will the water companies be held to account? It could all be just “What if?

benefits street has all of a sudden become experts in welsh history and place names, quite remarkable.

Lovely video. Looks like the North American White-breasted Nuthatch and Lesser Goldfinch got cameos though! Bannau Brycheiniog does indeed draw all the tourists! 😆

fideo hollol brydferth, diolch yn fawr iawn. diolch hefyd i michael sheen yn edrych yn hyfryd.

Well as a British person I don't think I'll bother going back - if they hate the rest of the UK so much ill go to the lake district next time

No mention of sheep?! The elephant in the room. Sheep are not from Wales or even any part of Northern Europe. (They are a Middle Eastern ruminant introduced by the Romans. This is why their feet rot in our climate. They eat all the saplings.) There should be stunning mixed woodland to more than 1500ft.. Instead we have scrubland pasture. This is nothing like it looked in the 5th century (same in Eryri and everywhere in-between). Reintroduce quality indigenous species, not just coniferous plantations (that destroy habitat for other plants and animals ) and there'll be more than ten times the birds, mammals etc. Until this is acknowledged and tackled they are just pretty words, even if the verse may fall from the soul. Also, in a rebranding exercise why is the narrator wearing a big North Face logo? why not stick the new logo over it... Rather than interfering with watercourses why don't we just turn off a few tvs. If you wanna see the sky bright with stars youd need to turn off all the street lights from Pembroke to Bristol. Just like back in the blitz.

Clever idea and great news for conservation! Almost no one in the UK understands Welsh so they won't find this place.

Love the badge, a wonderful bucket of fire.

Good thing the DUP are no welsh

i'm from bannau brycheiniog in a small village!

Snowdon & Brecon will still be used be widely for many generations to come, just as Everest, ironically named after a Welshman, is still preferred to Chomolungma.

How much will the rebranding cost? I'm not against it, it will take a bit of getting used to and I'll probably still call it the Beacons for a long time. I don't have to say Brecon Beacons because I live about 15 minutes away and anyone I speak to will know what I mean. It will take a while to just call it Bannau.

Changing names is easy..changing human beings' destructive behaviour is more difficult. If only people would stop polluting, littering, disrespecting nature and start caring for it and replenishing it.

Cymru am byth. Llosgwch tai haf y Saes

Lovely video, and promo for the work performed, but this organisation needs to concentrate on the work they do, not a marketing and name change strategy ,

Beautifully delivered by Mr sheen, and I would probably support the change to original Welsh name ('the senior language of the men of britain' after all).. But can't shake the sense that the only reason this is being done is for political reasons and intended to manufacture difference, lead to division, to lead to separation.

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It's lovely, but can he say it one more time so I can practice it? 😅

Hyfryd! Bendigedig! Llongyfarchiadau! ♥♥♥♥♥

the main problem is the Brecon Beacons National Park has bin called that for a very long time its a known and internationally recognised name changing a name the greater consideration must be put to making it recognised to that level it will mean international levels of adds over a long time iv seen comments about names of things in other country's in the country's language not being an issue its not as that's bin there name from day one . changing a name dose not change or fix any problems it will make them worse your going to spend many 10s of millions changing names literature adverts this means less to spend fixing problems that require getting the proverbial finger out and getting the job done .

yma o hyd . diolch .

Should be wearing wool not oil based clothing that will need throwing out within a decade. It takes money or labour to steward the land so it would have been better to see you supporting the local economy or getting stuck in.

Cymru am byth!

Bendigedig

I've experienced hiraeth before but ffycccc never like I did watching this video. diolch.

Nothing wrong with prioritising the Welsh name, why not, but lets not throw the baby out with the bathwater reserve a little space on the signs for tourists from afar, or neighbours in England. Iawn?

They should change the name of the management instead of the beacons.

That was fabulous and stirring! Don’t change the name, though, thanks. It’s the Brecon Beacons.

I'm all for changing it to something Welsh. Changing it because Beacon is a fire and fire is naughty is pathetic..

Why have Sheen using untranslated Cymraeg? Most Welsh people, even, don't speak it. It's nationalist role-playing.

Seems local people and businesses don't agree with this 1:31 . Even looking at a legal challenge to change the name back.

I approve. This linguistic barrier can only help to keep the swarthy types out of our beautiful countryside.

What about the gas pipeline that runs through it..... 🤦🏼‍♂️

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I love the BRECON BEACONS

He iuyw moiewa wmne gaesfe...as they say..🤭

Change the name because of climate drama? No

If you don't mind I will continue calling it the Brecon Beacons. And I'm going to walk up Snowdon again this summer.

Always will be the brecon beacons

come on Michael if there's one place that's unaffected by climate stuff it's wales, its been cold and wet every time I've been there

What a load of cod wallop ! Loss of species plants . Do you know how many pairs of red kites are. Now I’m Wales ? Hundreds ! Fact As for 02 and carbon answer me this , how much C02 is in the air we breathe ? Naturally ! Carbon in Brecon , Jesus they’ll be even more low paid when you drop tourism and less opportunity for business . I used to be a big fan of this great actor now this absolute dribble . As this rate No one will be allowed to enjoy the mountains or the Beauty .