Llanbadrig
Llanbadrig is a parish in the hundred of Talybolion, on the island of Anglesey. The parish includes the township of Clygyrog and the little port of Cemaes. The region has extensive quarries of limestone and marble.
The Welsh name Llanbadrig means "Church of Saint Patrick" and there is indeed a Church of St Patrick on the coast near Cemaes. It is said to have been founded in AD 440 by St Patrick himself. Local legend states that Patrick was shipwrecked on the small nearby island of Ynys Badrig (Patrick's Isle, also known as Middle Mouse),[1] which can be seen from the stile in the churchyard wall. The nearby cove is known as Porth Padrig.
Trivia
Portions of the 2006 film Half Light starring Demi Moore were filmed in Llanbadrig, although the film is ostensibly set in Scotland.
Anglesey also has a Llyn Padrig (lake) and Rhosbadrig (farm) located inland from Aberffraw. Atlas Mon shows a mediæval place called Tref Was Padrig (transl. "township of Patrick's servant") in that area.
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