Mountain in the Bridge of Orchy hills of Argyll and Bute, Scotland
"Ben Doran" redirects here. For the Aberdeen trawler that wrecked on the Ve Skerries, see SS Ben Doran.
Beinn Dorain
Beinn Dorain viewed from the south.
Highest point
Elevation
1,076 m (3,530 ft)[1]
Prominence
332 m (1,089 ft)
Parent peak
Beinn a' Chreachain
Listing
Munro, Marilyn
Naming
Language of name
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Scottish Gaelic:[peɲˈt̪ɔːɾɛɲ]
Geography
Location
Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Parent range
Bridge of Orchy Hills, Grampian Mountains
OS grid
NN325378
Beinn Dorain (Scottish Gaelic: Beinn Dobhrain,[2] 'hill of the otter'),[3] is a mountain in the Breadalbane region of the Scottish Highlands. It overlooks Bridge of Orchy in Argyll. It is a Munro with a height of 1,076 metres (3,530 ft). The mountain is the subject of Duncan Ban MacIntyre's best known Gaelic poem, Moladh Beinn Dòbhrainn (English: "In Praise of Ben Doran"); MacIntyre had spent his youth and had worked as a gamekeeper in these parts.
An t-urram thar gach beinn
Aig Beinn Dòbhrain;
De na chunnaic mi fon ghrèin,
'S i bu bhòidhche leam…
English translation:
Honour beyond each ben
for Ben Doran;
Of all I have seen beneath the sun,
she is the most glorious for me[4]
The mountain is easily accessible from the Bridge of Orchy railway station, from where a path leads up to the bealach separating Beinn Dorain from Beinn an Dothaidh: the two hills are frequently climbed together from this point.
The Scottish composer Ronald Stevenson composed a work for full chorus, chamber chorus, symphony orchestra and chamber orchestra based on MacIntyre's poem, entitled Moladh Beinn Dobhrain (In praise of Ben Dorain) in 2007. In this lyrical, tonal work, Stevenson used the original text and Hugh Macdiarmid's English translation of the verse. It was premiered on 19 January 2008 in Glasgow with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Opera Chorus, Glasgow University Chapel Choir and The Edinburgh Singers.[5]
^"walkhighlands Beinn Dorain". walkhighlands.co.uk. 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
^"Beinn Dorain". Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba: Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland.
^Am Faclair Beag - http://www.faclair.com/: "dobhran" or "dòbhran" = "otter," with "dobhrain" or "dòbhrainn" being the genitive form; see also, "dòbhran", Mark, Colin, The Gaelic English Dictionary, p. 237
^Ban MacIntyre, Duncan (1866). "Ben Dorain (English translation)". Selections from the Gaelic bards: Metrically translated with biographical prefaces and explanatory notes, also original poems. Glasgow: Archibald Sinclair. pp. 53–57. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
^Gasser, M., "Ronald Stevenson, Composer-Pianist : An Exegetical Critique from a Pianistic Perspective" (Edith Cowan University Press, Western Australia, 2013)
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