Editing Merthyr Rising (section)

=== In creative works ===
In 1922, [[Lewis Davies (writer)|Lewis Davies]] wrote a novel, ''Lewsyn yr Heliwr'', inspired by the events of the Merthyr Riot of 1831. The novel won the National Eisteddfod, Caernarfon, 1921. The novel was published by Hughes and Son, Wrexham in 1922.<ref>{{cite web |title=c4-DAVI-LEW-1863 |url=https://bywgraffiadur.cymru/article/c4-DAVI-LEW-1863 |website=www.llyfrgell.cymru |access-date=}}{{dead link |date=March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lewsyn yr heliwr : ystori yn disgrifio bywyd Cymreig |trans-title=Lewsyn yr heliwr : a story describing Welsh life |url=https://search.worldcat.org/title/lewsyn-yr-heliwr-ystori-yn-disgrifio-bywyd-cymreig/oclc/40332189?referer=di&ht=edition |website=search.worldcat.org |access-date=2 March 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

[[Meic Stevens]]' song "Dic Penderyn" on his 1972 album {{lang|cy|Gwymon}} celebrates Richard Lewis.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gwymon: Amazon.co.uk: Music |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gwymon-Meic-Stevens/dp/B0014BT7GW |website=www.amazon.co.uk |access-date=2 March 2025 |quote=13 Dic Penderyn (Bonus Track)}}</ref>

[[The Men They Couldn't Hang]] recorded "Ironmasters" in 1985, which refers to the rising and its aftermath.

Since 2013, a music festival named after the rising has been held annually in Merthyr to promote working class culture and social justice in arts.<ref>{{cite web |date=14 March 2022 |title=Merthyr Rising 2022 announces line-up for first time since pandemic |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/merthyr-rising-2022-announces-line-23363172 |author-last=John|author-first=Lucy |access-date=25 March 2022 |work=Wales Online}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.merthyrrising.uk/about |title=Merthyr Rising Festival - About |website=Merthyr Rising Festival}} {{dead link |date=March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 May 2019 |title=Keeping the Red Flag Flying|url=https://tribunemag.co.uk/2019/05/keeping-the-red-flag-flying|author-last=Williams|author-first=Logan |access-date=25 March 2022 |work=Tribune}}</ref> 

In 2015, stylist Charlotte James and photographer Tom Johnson published a series titled Merthyr Rising, showcasing residents of the town.<ref>{{cite web |date=3 December 2015 |title=Merthyr Rising: the spirit of a determined Welsh town|url=https://crackmagazine.net/article/long-reads/merthyr-rising-the-spirit-of-a-determined-welsh-town/|author-last=Mallon|author-first=Steve|access-date=25 March 2022 |work=Crack Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=26 January 2016 |title= Miners to models: Merthyr Tydfil strikes a pose – in pictures |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/jan/26/merthyr-tydfil-merthyr-rising-fashion-street-style-tom-johnson-charlotte-james|author-last=|author-first=|access-date=25 March 2022 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>

Radical singer-songwriter [[David Rovics]] included a song about the Merthyr Rising, entitled "Cheese and Bread", in the 2018 album ''Ballad of a Wobbly''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://davidrovics.bandcamp.com/track/cheese-and-bread |title=Cheese and Bread from Ballad of a Wobbly by David Rovics |website=Bandcamp |access-date=2 March 2025}}</ref> 

The musical "My Land's Shore" by Robert Gould and Christopher J Orton centres on the riots. It was performed at the [[Bloomsbury Theatre]] by the [[University College London]] Musical Theatre society in February 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=My Land's Shore |url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/whats-on/my-lands-shore |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218181835/https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/whats-on/my-lands-shore |archive-date=18 February 2022 |website=University College London |access-date=18 February 2022}}</ref> 

The 2022 poetry anthology ''{{lang|cy|Gwrthryfel|italic=unset}} / Uprising'' contained two poems about Dic Penderyn and the Merthyr Rising.<ref>{{cite web|date=9 July 2022|title=Review: ''Gwrthryfel / Uprising'': An anthology of radical poetry from contemporary Wales|url=https://nation.cymru/culture/review-gwrthryfel-uprising-an-anthology-of-radical-poetry-from-contemporary-wales/|author-last=Atashi|author-first=Shara|access-date=11 August 2023|work=Nation.Cymru}}</ref>

In 2024, [[Ferocious Dog]] released a song titled "Merthyr Rising" in their album Kleptocracy.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Luke Dunmore |title=Music Review: Ferocious Dog – Kleptocracy |url=https://emergingrockbands.co.uk/music-review-ferocious-dog-kleptocracy/?v=7885444af42e |website=emergingrockbands.co.uk |access-date=2 March 2025}}</ref>