"The Fiddler of Dooney" is a poem by William Butler Yeats first published in 1892.Yeats, W.B.(1992). Yeats Collected Poems. Vintage Classics, pp. ix
The word "Dooney" refers to Dooney Rock, a small hill overlooking Lough Gill near Sligo.
Influences The poem gives its name to a fiddle competition held annually in County Sligo, first held in 1975.
The poem is set to music by Angelo Branduardi (on Branduardi canta Yeats, 1986).
See also List of works by William Butler Yeats
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