Activists have painted over some road signs in a bid to "eradicate imposed English language place names". A group of Welsh republican activists called Yr Eryr Wen sprayed over a signs in Gwynedd and Anglesey.
They claimed responsibility for their actions on their Twitter page writing: "Eryr Wen activists across Gwynedd and Ynys Môn have been removing imposed names from signage this week."
North Wales Live reported that signs were sprayed at Porthaethwy and in the Dolgellau area. The group launched last December: "Announcing the launch of Eryr Wen, a Welsh youth organisation campaigning for the creation of an independent Welsh republic and for the protection of our language, culture and identity.
"We are committed to achieving our aims through the use of provocative and non-violent activism and are open to applications to get involved from today."
They were present at a second homes and anti-coronation rally in Caernarfon last weekend where they said they stood "alongside Cymdeithas yr Iaith in declaring that Wales is not for sale".
Yr Eryr Wen is Welsh for the "White Eagle" - that emblem was most notably associated with the Welsh nationalist organisation the Free Wales Army. Historically the emblem represented the eagle of Eryri (Snowdonia) which in Welsh mythology is said to protect Wales.
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