Rugby is a long way off, but given that in OTL animosity between just 2 people were involved, I would like to see some butterflying and for Wales and New Wales to opt for Rugby League in 1895.
Maybe New Anglesey isn't so bad. All those sheep might suggest a sheep-raising part of Wales, though - Anglesey is agricultural and the breadbasket of North Wales. (In Cymraeg) New Powys or New Gwynedd might be suitable.
Now I notice there was gold in Patagonia, but not discovered until the 1880s. Might the Welsh not find it earlier, what with them being miners ?
It would depend on where the gold is. Also a rush if settlers earlier might not be for the best if we want Welsh to remain the dominant language for some time. The colony is still fairly fragile with only one great town even.
...And the Drake Passage. A base near OTL Punta Arenas is possible.
As for the Welsh, they have some value Britain went to war over trifles such as
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Jenkins'_Ear.
I must dust off my British Tierra Del Fuego files
I must dust off my British Tierra Del Fuego files
I must dust off my British Tierra Del Fuego files
I must dust off my British Tierra Del Fuego files...
...Petete123123 expects me to...
...I'll see if my third or fourth Kindle and paperback can be BTDF. More work...
*sigh*
And I hope that you and that charming young lady you sent me that pic of are having a great time together.
Evil thought: once BTDF is done, you may be lumbered with the Spanish translation...
*Evil Laughter From The Mighty Wazir* (Think 'Kismet')
And apologies to Iolo Morganwg...
So now Patagonia could have TWO strains of Gaelic speakers? Interesting
Heh, and thus a hard land is settled by rugged settlers. Sadly the good luck in native-settler relation in Patagonia seems unlikely to repeat.
Cool of Gaelic to get another new world Foothold. Still will it get any further injections?
The Lt's comment on the Welsh running wild os odd. The Welsh colony seems quite a success in expanding and even claiming a hold on the Pacific.
Between the three colonies Britain seems to have bitten off the tip of the Southern cone for the long term.
However, this settlement could be of use to you, as the people in question could easily be diverted to your settlement as they appear to have been some sort of religious movement, known as the Normanists.