TheMourneMountainsorMournes(Irish:NaBeannaBoirche),agranitemountainrangelocatedinCountyDowninthesouth-eastofNorthernIreland,areamongthemostfamousofthemountainsinthecountry.ThesurroundingareaisanareaofoutstandingnaturalbeautyandisproposedasthefirstnationalparkinNorthernIreland.TheMountainsofMournearepartlyownedbytheNationalTrustandseealargenumberofvisitorseveryyear.ThehighestmountainisSlieveDonardat849metres(2,786ft).
莫恩山脉
介于唐及纽里-莫恩二区的莫恩山脉部分景观
莫恩山脉
MourneMountains
爱尔兰语作BeannaBoirche.
在北爱尔兰唐及纽里-莫恩二区(原为唐郡),绵延於纽塞和罗斯蒂弗(Rostrevor)之间,长14.5公里(9哩).主峰多纳德山(SlieveDonard)海拔852公尺(2,796呎).丘陵地区是贝尔法斯特、波塔当(Portadown)、班布里奇(Banbridge)的天然水库.低坡多营造林.有山区养羊业和托利莫尔(Tollymore)森林公园.
Thelyricstothesong"TheMountainsofMourne"werewrittenin1896bythe19thCenturyIrishmusicianPercyFrench.ItisnormallysungtothesametuneusedbyThomasMoore(1779–1852)forhissong"Bendemeer'sStream".
ThesongisrepresentativeofFrench'smanyworksconcerningtheIrishdiaspora.TheMourneMountainsofthetitlearelocatedinCountyDowninpresent-dayNorthernIreland.