100 Welsh Heroes
100 Welsh Heroes was an opinion poll run in Wales as a response to the BBC's 100 Greatest Britons poll of 2002. It was carried out mainly on the internet, starting on 8 September 2003 and finishing on 23 February 2004. The results were announced on 1 March (St David's Day) 2004 and subsequently published in a book.[1]
Conduct of the poll
The poll was operated by Culturenet Cymru, a Welsh Assembly-funded body based at the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth.[2] At the time of the results being announced the organisers claimed that the 81,323 nominations and votes made it the largest online poll ever conducted in Wales.
Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock, himself named in the poll, had, during the voting, drawn attention to a Welsh nationalist "plot" to have Owain Glyndŵr at number one, rather than the eventual winner, Aneurin Bevan.[3] In August 2004 a former employee of Culturenet Cymru alleged that the poll had been rigged to avoid accusations of "dumbing-down", and to ensure that Owain Glyndŵr did not receive more votes than Aneurin Bevan.[4] Nine of the list are female, of whom Catherine Zeta-Jones was the most popular, with 1136 votes.
Results
The Top 100 were:[5]
See also
References
- ^ Arwyr Cymru Welsh Heroes. Culturenet Cymru. April 2004. p. 216. ISBN 8888039759. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- ^ "Bevan yw dewis y bobol" (in Welsh). Llandaff: BBC Cymru. 2 March 2004. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Rebel 'plot' to topple greatest Welshman". The Independent. 29 February 2004. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- ^ Martin Shipton, The Western Mail (31 August 2004). "'Welsh heroes' row flares up". Walesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- ^ "The top 100 in the Welsh Heroes list". Western Mail. Cardiff: Trinity Mirror. 2 March 2004. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
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