Tour Scotland Photograph of Loch Tulla and Beinn Dorain

Tour Scotland photograph of Loch Tulla and Beinn Dorain, Scotland. Beinn Dorain, Gaelic: Beinn Dòbhrain, hill of the streamlet, is a mountain located in the Bridge of Orchy hills of Argyll and Bute. Beinn Dorain is the subject of Duncan Ban MacIntyre's best known Gaelic poem, Moladh Beinn Dòbhrainn, meaning In Praise of Ben Doran. MacIntyre 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

.Mountains and Glens of Scotland. Lochs and Rivers of Scotland.



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