Dooish Mountain [An Dubhais]

Rising above the East Donegal countryside near Manorcunningham, this modest summit offers surprising prominence for its height. A quiet ascent through rough grazing leads to an open top that serves as an excellent vantage point for surveying the fertile surrounding farmland and the winding reaches of nearby Lough Swilly.

• •The name An Dubhais is Irish for 'the black ridge,' a descriptive term likely referring to the dark appearance of the heather-clad upper slopes when contrasted with the greener agricultural land below.
• •Because it is classified as a Marilyn—a hill with at least 150 metres of prominence—the summit offers an unobstructed 360-degree panorama, including clear views north across the water to the Inishowen Peninsula.
• •To the west, the summit provides a clear sightline toward the distant, rugged silhouettes of the Derryveagh Mountains, home to this hill's much taller 641-metre namesake.
• •On a hill of this stature, the primary navigational hazard isn't the terrain, but the high probability of being directed toward the wrong mountain by a GPS that hasn't quite grasped the existence of two different peaks named Dooish in the same county.