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the village in Rhondda Cynon Taf

Ynysybwl (Ynys y bŵl ) is a village in Cwm Clydach in Wales. It is situated in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, roughly 15 mile (24 km) north north west of Cardiff, 4 mile (6 km) north of Pontypridd and 16 mile (26 km) south of Merthyr Tydfil, and forms part of the community of Ynysybwl and Coed y Cwm. Cwm Clydach is flanked by the Rhondda and Cynon Valleys. The market town of Pontypridd lies to the south at the meeting point of the three valleys; and to the north lies the large Llanwynno forestry. Before the local government reforms of 1996 Ynysybwl was in the Cynon Valley district of Morgannwg Ganol, and the area is historically a part of Glamorgan (Morgannwg).

Ynys is a placename element often translated as "island" or "river meadow", in the south Wales Valleys the word commonly refers to meadows on the banks of rivers, and Ynysybwl likely refers to one such meadow on the Clydach. However the meaning of the second element is much less certain. The modern spelling of Ynysybwl suggests that the second element may be "bŵl" (meaning a bowl or bowl shaped) in reference to the shape of the river meadow or the valley itself. In the nineteenth century, Ynysybwl was noted as a place for fairs and sports, especially ballgames such as Welsh handball. Thomas Morgan stated that he believed that Ynysybwl was a corruption of "Ynys y bêl" (the meadow of the ball) in reference to its long history as a meeting place for ballgames. A third derivation is that this element is "pŵll" the Welsh word for a pit. This is also noted by Morgan, who also suggests that the element may be "pwl", which means unprofitable.

Ynysybwl is located in the centre of the Llanwynno parish, at the point where the stream known as Y Ffrwd flows into the Nant Clydach. Then a collection of small local farms and meadows in a quiet and completely rural valley, at the 1841 census around 200 people lived in the village and surrounding farms.

Ynysybwl was the name of an electoral ward, created in 1898 for elections to Mountain Ash Urban District Council. Since 1995 Ynysybwl has been an electoral ward to Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council, electing one county borough councillor. Following a local government boundary review, the number of councillors was increased to two, effective from the 2022 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council election. At the lowest tier of local government, Ynysybwl is represented by Ynysybwl & Coed y Cwm Community Council.

The rich seams of coal in the Mynachdy level that lie beneath the surface had thus far only been tapped to the amount required to supply these local farms. David Davies began test bores in the early 1880s at Graigddu ("Black Rock"), which proved positive, and the resultant sinking of Lady Windsor Colliery by the Ocean Coal Company on 16 June 1884 gave birth to new coal town.