The Fiddler of Dooney

Description

Dooney is a rock overlooking Lough Gill, just outside Sligo town. It was immortalised in this cherished poem by W.B. Yeats, first published in 1892. In this poem, the fiddler precedes their clerical relatives through the pearly gates, where the dead await the fiddler in the afterlife and heaven is a céilí at the crossroads. In this piece, the choir perform the set dance, The Waves of Tory, in which the dancers represent the rolling waves off the north-west coast of Ireland.