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The name is Welsh , and translates literally into English as 'Lower Mountain' (although this name is never used).

Bryn-y-Baal takes its name from the Hebrew word Baal - in Wales there are many Hebrew and other Biblical -type place names left over from a Religious Revival that happened a few centuries ago.

There is a High School in Mynydd Isa known as Argoed High School , as well as an infant school (Wat's Dyke Infants), and a primary school (Mynydd Isa Junior School, or Ysgol y Bryn).

The Pub s in the two villages consist of ''The Griffin'' on Mold Road, and ''The Mercia'' on Mercia Drive.