Eisteddfod Genedlaethol yr Urdd Llanymddyfri 2023, Urdd National Eisteddfod Llandovery 2023

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This House notes the remarkable success of the Urdd National Eisteddfod hosted by the town of Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; further notes that the Urdd Eisteddfod is the largest youth festival of its kind in Europe; congratulates the estimated 75,000 young people that took part in competitions across Wales during qualifying rounds; notes the achievements of the 15,000 young people who competed at the National in Llandovery; congratulates the Urdd for issuing over 9,000 free visitor tickets for low-income families; welcomes the huge increase in viewer interest on S4C platforms including 77,000 viewing sessions of live streaming, 217,000 TV viewers, and over 1 million impressions on social media content; pays tribute to the people of Carmarthenshire for offering a county-wide welcome to the Eisteddfod; and thanks all Urdd staff, volunteers, visitors and competitors for helping to make this year's Eisteddfod a tremendous success.