Editing Llanfynydd (section)

==Public protest==
In July 2004, in protest over plans to erect a [[wind farm]] nearby, the residents of Llanfynydd renamed their village ''Llanhyfryddawelllehynafolybarcudprindanfygythiadtrienusyrhafnauole''
("lovely silent church, ancient place of the rare kite under wretched threat from misplaced blades") for the space of one week.<ref name="Llanfynydd">BBC News website (Jan. 30, 2007). [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/3904491.stm " Long Winded Village Name Protest"]. Retrieved on July 19, 2004.</ref><!-- Unsourced image removed: [[Image:Llanfynydd_name.jpg|Llanfynydd children display their village's new name.|center|frame|]] -->

The name was chosen to reflect villagers' concern that the wind farm would threaten three endangered species of bird (the [[red kite]], the [[Eurasian Curlew|curlew]], and the [[skylark]])<ref>[https://www.rspb.org.uk/globalassets/downloads/documents/birds-and-wildlife/birds-of-conservation-concern-4--the-population-status-of-birds-in-the-united-kingdom-channel-islands-and-the-isle-of-man.pdf RSPB listing. Retrieved 7 April 2020.]</ref>{{fv|date=June 2023|reason=this list of birds doesn't mention either the wind farm or the red kite}} and to generate publicity for their cause by being longer than the previously longest place name in the [[UK]]: that of [[Llanfair PG|Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch]] in [[Anglesey]].

The protest went ahead despite assurances from the local council and from the Spanish-owned developers Gamesa Energy UK (part of [[Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica]]) that the single [[wind turbine]] planned was intended merely as a test to see how suitable the area might be for wind turbines in the future.