The Fiddler of Dooney
"The Fiddler of Dooney" is a poem by William Butler Yeats first published in 1892. In popular culture. Immortalised in the poem, Dooney Rock is a small hill overlooking Lough Gill in County Sligo. The rock is located just outside Sligo itself. The prestigious instrumental competition held in Sligo and known at the Fiddler of Dooney Competition is also named after the poem. Popular culture. In his LP "Branduardi canta Yeats" (1986), Angelo Branduardi sings an italian version of this poem.