John Ceiriog Hughes (25 September 1832 – 23 April 1887), was a Welsh poet and well-known collector of Welsh folk tunes. Sometimes referred to as the "Robert Burns of Wales". Ceiriog was born at Penybryn farm overlooking the village of Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog, in the Ceiriog Valley, which was then in Denbighshire but today is part of Wrexham County Borough, in north-east Wales. He worked as a railway clerk in Manchester and London and as stationmaster at Llanidloes . He was employed as a station master and Manager of the Van Railway at Caersws railway station from 1868 until his death in 1887.
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