Agriculture has been and still is the chief occupation of the community but two other activities had an important role in earlier times - the manufacture of flannel and the mining of lead. The place name Pandy, which can be found in several places in the community, was the fulling mill associated with a flannel factory. Traces of the lead mining industry are plainly visible at Ty Isaf Farm and the small settlement of Dylife. Once the lead mines of Dylife employed hundreds but now only about 20 people inhabit the village. Several factors resulted in the swell of the tide of emigration from the area to the New World. It is recorded that on one day alone no less than 99 people left Llanbrynmair for America. In 1857 the Rev. Samuel Roberts of Diosg led a group to a new life in Tennessee but the venture was not a success and was influenced by the American Civil War |
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