Beinn Dorain

Beinn Dorain

Infobox Mountain
Name = Beinn Dorain
Photo = Beinn_Dorain.jpg
Caption = Beinn Dorain viewed from the south.
Elevation = 1,076 m (3,530 ft)
Location = Argyll and Bute, SCO
Range = Bridge of Orchy Hills, Grampian Mountains
Grid_ref_UK = NN325378
Prominence = 332 m
Listing = Munro, Marilyn
Language = Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation = peɲˈt̪ɔːɾɛɲ

Beinn Dorain (Gaelic: Beinn Dòbhrain 'hill of the streamlet'), is a mountain located in the Bridge of Orchy hills of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is one of the most recognisable mountains in Scotland, as it curves gracefully up from the West Highland Way. It is the subject of Duncan Ban MacIntyre's best known Gaelic poem, "Ben Doran"; MacIntyre had worked as a gamekeeper in these parts.

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 English 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. A 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 and Chorus.


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