Duncan Ban MacIntyre

Donnchadh Bàn Mac an t-Saoir, anglicized as Duncan Ban MacIntyre (20 March 1724 – 14 May 1812),[1] was one of the most renowned of Scottish Gaelic poets.

Born in Druim Liaghart in Glen Orchy, he went on to work in various occupations, including as a soldier in the Campbell of Argyll Militia, as a forester, and as a constable of Edinburgh City Guard.

[3] Duncan moved to Edinburgh in 1767 and was to spend the rest of his life there serving with the Breadalbane Fencibles and the City Guard before retiring in 1806.

[5] The poetry of Duncan Bán would later be translated into English by such notable figures as Hugh MacDiarmid, Derick Thomson and Iain Crichton Smith.

Another monument, designed by John Thomas Rochead, was erected to honour MacIntyre in the hills near Dalmally, overlooking Loch Awe.