EVANS , THOMAS ( Telynog ; 1840 - 1865 ), poet ; b. 8 Sept. 1840 at Cardigan , son of Thomas Evans , boatmaker of that town. At the age of eleven he went to sea in a coastal vessel but, not liking this life, he ran away to Aberdare , where he worked as a miner in Cwmbach . At an early age he started writing poetry , gaining his first success with a poem entitled ' Gostyngeidd-rwydd ' in an eisteddfod held under the auspices of the Baptist chapel in Cwmbach , where he was a member.