Y Cymro

Y Cymro
Cover of Y Cymro in 2020
TypeMonthly newspaper
FormatCompact
Owner(s)Cyfryngau Cymru Cyf.
EditorBarrie Jones
Founded1932
LanguageWelsh
HeadquartersWrexham
Circulation4,082 (as of 2003)
Websiteycymro.cymru

Y Cymro (Welsh pronunciation: ˈkəmrɔ], 'The Welshman') is a Welsh-language newspaper, which was first published in 1932.[1] It was founded in Wrexham, and succeeded other newspapers of the same name that had existed during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is Wales's only national newspaper in Welsh and was previously published weekly. In 2017, the owners and publishers, Tindle Newspapers Group, announced that they would stop publication and that they were looking for new owners to publish the paper. In March 2018, after negotiations between the two companies, its new owners Cyfryngau Cymru Cyf. started publishing Y Cymro as a monthly newspaper. The new company also set up a new Y Cymro website.

  1. ^ The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) pg615 ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6