David Griffith (29 November 1800 – 30 October 1894), known by the bardic name of , was a Welsh poet and Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales. Early life David Griffith was born on 29 November 1800 in Denbigh, Denbighshire, the son of Richard Griffith a watchmaker in that town. Clwydfardd was brought up to work in the same trade. In 1826 he became a local preacher with the Wesleyan Methodists. Literary legacy Clwydfardd first came into prominence as a bard in 1824, when he won a silver medal at the Denbigh Eisteddfod for an ode on the Vale of Clwyd. In 1827 he won the prize at the Ruthin Eisteddfod for the best translation of Oliver Goldsmith's The Deserted Village. In August of the same year he won a prize for a poem on Difyrwch Helwriaeth (the Pleasures of Hunting).

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David Griffith (29 November 1800 – 30 October 1894), known by the bardic name of , was a Welsh poet and Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales.