Dilys Cadwaladr , the former school teacher on the island , in 1953 became the first woman to win the `` Crown '' at the National Eisteddfod , for her long poem `` Y Llen '' ; and artist Brenda Chamberlain twice won the `` Gold Medal for Art '' at the Eisteddfod ; in 1951 for `` Girl with Siamese Cat '' , and in 1953 with `` The Christin Children '' .
Dilys Cadwaladr , the former school teacher on the island , in 1953 became the first woman to win the `` Crown '' at the National Eisteddfod , for her long poem `` Y Llen '' . Artist Brenda Chamberlain won the `` Gold Medal for Art '' at the Eisteddfod on two occasions : in 1951 for `` Girl with Siamese Cat '' , and in 1953 with `` The Christin Children '' .