It was an almost entirely Welsh speaking village and owed its existence to the slate quarrying industry.
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Un Nos Ola Leuad (One Moonlit Night) is the only novel written by Welsh writer Caradog Prichard.
NOS | Ola Jordan | Sean-nós song | El Cuarteto de Nos | Ar Hyd y Nos | Ola Dybwad-Olsen | Ola Thommessen | Ola Rotimi | Ola Raknes | Ola Mosafinn | Ola Hansson | Ola Englund | Ola Cohn | Music of the World Cup: Allez! Ola! Ole! | Beck-Ola | Svyatoy Nos | Sukhoy Nos | sean-nós song | Rock-Ola | Ola Ullsten | Ola Tidman | Ola & the Janglers | Ola Snortheim | Ola Nordmann (song) | Ola Nordmann | Ola Magnell | Ola Kala | Ola Hanson | Ola Halén | Ola Bratteli |
Bethesda is the birthplace of Welsh novelist and poet Caradog Prichard, author of Un Nos Ola' Leuad, and of the singer Leila Megane.
Born in Manchester, England he is an established author with BBC Radio Drama and was a question-setter on the UK game show Bacha Hi O'Ma! (the Welsh equivalent of Blind Date) but is perhaps best known for his acclaimed translation of Caradog Prichard's Welsh language novel Un Nos Ola Leuad, as One Moonlit Night (ISBN 0-8112-1342-0).