1934 in Wales

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1934 to Wales and its people.

Incumbents

 * Archbishop of Wales
 * Alfred George Edwards, Bishop of St Asaph (retired)
 * Charles Green, Bishop of Bangor (elected)
 * Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales – Gwili

Events

 * 22 September - At Gresford Colliery in Wrexham, 265 miners are killed in a mining accident. Later in the year, Paul Robeson performs in Caernarfon in a benefit concert for victims of the accident.
 * 23 October - Opening of the Guildhall, Swansea, designed by Percy Thomas.
 * 24 October - Aneurin Bevan marries fellow MP Jennie Lee.
 * date unknown
 * Anthracite production in Wales reaches its peak.
 * The Special Areas Act is passed to help areas such as the South Wales Valleys that have been particularly affected by the Great Depression in the United Kingdom.
 * Courtaulds establishes a new rayon factory at Greenfield.
 * Tudor Thomas's work on corneal grafting restores the sight of a man who had been nearly blind for 27 years.

Arts and literature

 * Sir Henry Walford Davies is appointed Master of the King's Musick.
 * The Welsh Folk Dance Society is founded at Bala.
 * Caradog Prichard becomes sub-editor of the News Chronicle.
 * Richard Hughes and his wife move into Laugharne Castle.

Awards

 * National Eisteddfod of Wales (held in Neath)
 * National Eisteddfod of Wales: Chair - William Morris, "Ogof Arthur"
 * National Eisteddfod of Wales: Crown - Eirug Davies, "Y Gorwel"

New books

 * Edward Tegla Davies - Y Llwybr Arian
 * Margiad Evans - Turf or Stone
 * D. Gwenallt Jones - Plasau'r Brenin
 * Jack Jones - Rhondda Roundabout
 * Eiluned Lewis - Dew on the Grass
 * Howard Spring - Shabby Tiger
 * Dylan Thomas - 18 Poems (his first collection, including "The Force that Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower")

Drama

 * James Kitchener Davies - Cwm Glo

Music

 * Harry Parr Davies becomes accompanist to Gracie Fields.

Film

 * Ray Milland appears in We're Not Dressing.
 * Gareth Hughes appears in Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch.
 * Yr Ail Fordaith Gymraeg (Second Welsh Cruise), a silent film made by Ifan ab Owen Edwards focusing on the activities of Urdd Gobaith Cymru (with Welsh-language titles)

Broadcasting

 * A new radio station is established at Bangor.

Sport

 * Badminton - Wales is a founder member of the Badminton World Federation.
 * Cricket - Cyril Walters becomes the first Welshman to captain an England Test team
 * Rugby Union
 * 10 March - Wales defeat Ireland 13–0 in a game held at St Helen's, Swansea

Births

 * 11 February – Mary Quant, fashion designer
 * 25 February (in London) – Nicholas Edwards, Baron Crickhowell, politician (died 2018)
 * 28 March – Graham Vearncombe, footballer (died 1993)
 * 30 March – Dic Jones, bard and archdruid (died 2009)
 * 18 April – Brynmor John, politician (died 1988)
 * 16 May – Kenneth O. Morgan, historian and academic
 * 10 May – Cliff Wilson, snooker player (died 1994)
 * 13 June – Gren (Grenfell Jones), cartoonist (died 2007)
 * 5 July – Philip Madoc, actor (died 2012)
 * 13 July – Dai Ward, footballer (died 1996)
 * 6 August – Billy Boston, rugby league footballer
 * 16 August – Dave Thomas, golfer and architect (died 2013)
 * 4 September – Clive Granger, econometrician (died 2009)
 * 19 August – Ron Jones, athlete (died 2021)
 * 20 September – David Marquand, academic and MP
 * 1 November – William Mathias, composer (died 1992)
 * 6 November – Betty Campbell, née Johnson, Wales's first black head teacher (died 2017)
 * 24 November – Dewi Zephaniah Phillips, philosopher (died 2006)
 * date unknown – Mary Lloyd Jones, painter and printmaker

Deaths

 * 6 January – Dorothy Edwards, novelist, 30 (suicide)
 * 8 January – Ivor Bowen, judge, 71
 * 23 January – Charles McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway, owner of Bodnant, 83
 * 2 February – Edward Bevan, Bishop of Swansea and Brecon, 72
 * 4 February – Harry Wetter, Welsh international rugby union player, 52
 * 25 February – Daniel Protheroe, composer and conductor, 67
 * 28 February – David Davies, textile merchant, 81
 * 3 May – Courtenay Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar, 68
 * 24 May – William Nathaniel Jones, politician, 76
 * 14 June – George Thomas, Wales international rugby union player, 76/77
 * 30 June – Hugh Evans, author and publisher, 79
 * 19 July – Christopher Williams, painter, 61
 * 28 August – Edgeworth David, geologist and explorer, 76
 * 11 October – John Kelt Edwards, cartoonist, 59
 * 13 November – Sir Evan Vincent Evans, journalist, 81
 * 4 December – Henry Davies, cricketer, 69