[1] It was here that he specialised in medieval Welsh poetry and the Welsh novel in the 19th century, completing his translations of Book of Taliesin poems and The Black Book of Carmarthen,[3] both of which remain in print.
He also published two volumes of poetry, Syndod y Sêr and Pair Dadeni, and two long poems, Saga and Y Gadwyn.
[2] A language and political campaigner in the 1970s with the Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (Welsh Language Society), he became a political columnist with Y Ddraig Goch, and was a parliamentary candidate for Plaid Cymru in the Swansea West constituency.
Meirion Pennar lived in Llandysul, Adpar, and Newcastle Emlyn, during which period he had a son.
[2] He returned in 2000 to Swansea to care for his ageing mother and younger brother, Geraint.