2000 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 2000 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

*Prince of Wales - Charles, Prince of Wales
*Princess of Wales - "vacant"
*First Minister - Rhodri Morgan
*Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales - Dafydd Elis-Thomas
*Secretary of State for Wales - Paul Murphy
*Archbishop of Wales - Rowan Williams

Events

*15 February - Wales child abuse scandal: Sir Ronald Waterhouse publishes the report of his inquiry into abuse in children's homes in north Wales.
*August - National Eisteddfod of Wales held at Llanelli.
*15 October - Dedication of the new organ at St David's Cathedral.
*16 October - Rhodri Morgan's official title as leader of the Welsh Assembly is changed from First Secretary to First Minister.
*18 November - Catherine Zeta-Jones marries Michael Douglas at the Plaza Hotel, New York City.
*The Cardiff Bay Development Corporation is wound up, having achieved its main objective of regenerating the former docklands of Cardiff.

Arts and literature

*Sian Phillips is awarded a CBE in the Queen's birthday honours list.
*Bryn Terfel's Faenol Festival is launched.
*The Welsh Music Foundation is established.
*Between May and August, over 100 rare maps are stolen from the National Library of Wales. A man later confesses to having stolen and sold them to collectors.

Awards

*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - Llion Jones
*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Dylan Iorwerth
*National Eisteddfod of Wales: Prose Medal - Eurig Wyn, "Tri Mochyn Bach"
*Wales Book of the Year:
**English language: Sheenagh Pugh - "Stonelight"
**Welsh language: Gwyneth Lewis - "Y Llofrudd Iaith"
*Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen - Geraint V. Jones, "Cur y Nos"

New books

*Trezza Azzopardi - "The Hiding Place"
*Ruth Bidgood - "Singing to Wolves"
*Jon Gower - "Big Fish"
*Sheenagh Pugh - "Stonelight"
*Owen Sheers - "The Blue Book"

Music

*Richard Churches - "Requiem Mass"
*Larry Goves - "walking underground"

Film

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English-language films

*"The Testimony of Taliesin Jones" with Jonathan Pryce and Matthew Rhys
*"Rancid Aluminium", based on the novel by James Hawes, with Rhys Ifans, Keith Allen and Brian Hibbard.
*"102 Dalmatians", with Ioan Gruffudd and his future wife Alice Evans

Welsh-language films

*"Moth" (S4C)

Broadcasting

English-language television

*Rob Brydon stars in "Marion and Geoff"

port

*Golf - Phillip Price is ranked 8th in the world.
*Snooker - Mark Williams defeats Matthew Stevens in an all-Welsh final at the World Snooker Championship.

Births

*8 August - Dylan Michael Douglas, son of Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones

Deaths

*19 February - Josef Herman, artist
*20 May - David Pearce, boxer
*28 May - Donald Davies, computer scientist and inventor
*30 May - Doris Hare, actress
*17 September - Paula Yates, television presenter (born in Colwyn Bay)
*25 September - R. S. Thomas, poet
*30 September - Howard Winstone, boxing champion
*11 November - Sir Alun Talfan Davies, judge