{"id":18966,"date":"2018-02-09T16:14:42","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T16:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=18966"},"modified":"2018-02-16T10:54:30","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T10:54:30","slug":"y-mochyn-du-pub-has-lost-its-welsh-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/y-mochyn-du-pub-has-lost-its-welsh-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"Y Mochyn Du pub &#8216;has lost its Welsh identity&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Drinkers at a well-known pub in Cardiff claim it has lost its Welsh identity after being sold.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Y Mochyn Du in Sophia Gardens was known for its support of Welsh with language lessons held there and regulars and staff speaking the language.<\/p>\n<p>It was sold to a pub chain and has been renamed as the Brewhouse &amp; Kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>There has been an outcry on social media, with Ynys Mon Assembly Member Rhun ap Iorwerth <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RhunapIorwerth\/status\/960985542568677378\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">calling the change an &#8220;insult&#8221;<\/a> and other Twitter commentators criticising the chain naming one of its beers Mochyn Du an &#8220;English-style ale&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-19062 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/screenshot-332x394.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"394\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Brewhouse &amp; Kitchen&#8217;s Chief Executive Officer Kris Gumbrell said the pub would continue to support its Welsh heritage, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brewhouseandkitchen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/17968-BK-Cardiff-Twitter-Statement-Feb-2018-v6.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a statement<\/a> said the pub had also been given the Welsh title of Bradgy a Chegin.<\/p>\n<p>Former pub regular Gwion Ifor is one of the complainants. He said there was a lack of research carried out and the Welsh translation of the name on the building was a token gesture.\u00a0He said: &#8220;A lot of people feel they&#8217;ve lost the identity of the pub.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Gumbrell added that some staff are Welsh-speakers and others would be supported and encouraged to learn Welsh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drinkers at a well-known pub in Cardiff claim it has lost its Welsh identity after being sold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[743,744],"tags":[1461,26,435,1460],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18966"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18966"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19064,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18966\/revisions\/19064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}