Fiddown

{{short description|Village in County Kilkenny, Ireland}}

{{For|the coaster|MV Fiddown}}

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{{Use Hiberno-English|date=October 2020}}

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|name = Fiddown

|native_name = {{native name|ga|Fiodh Dúin}}

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|settlement_type = Village

|image_skyline = Old Toll House, Fiddown (geograph 5651984).jpg

|image_caption = An old "toll house" at Fiddown (on the Kilkenny side of the bridge over the Suir)

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|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland

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|subdivision_name1 = Leinster

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|subdivision_name3 = Kilkenny

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|population_as_of = 2016

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|population = 369

|population_density_km2 = auto

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Fiddown ({{Irish place name|Fiodh Dúin|wood of the fort}}){{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/26431.aspx | publisher = Irish Placenames Commission | website = logainm.ie | title = Fiodh Dúin / Fiddown | access-date = 14 January 2020 }}{{cite report |url = https://www.kilkennycoco.ie/eng/Services/Planning/Development-Plans/Local%20Area%20Plans/Adopted_Local_Area_Plans/Fiddown_Local_Area_Plan_2011.pdf | publisher = Kilkenny County Council | title = Fiddown Local Area Plan | date = January 2011 | page = 3 }} is a small village in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the south of the county, just off the N24 road, {{cvt|37|km|0}} south of Kilkenny city. The village is on the banks of the River Suir, near the border with County Waterford to which the village is connected via the Fiddown Bridge.{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/12327009/fiddown-bridge-fiddown-county-kilkenny | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = Fiddown Bridge, Fiddown, County Kilkenny | access-date = 14 January 2020 }} Carrick-on-Suir is 7 km to the west, and Waterford city is 16 km to the east. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.

Fiddown was the site of a 6th-century monastery, associated with the monk Maidoc or Momodoc, which was located near the river crossing.

Fiddown Island nearby is a nature reserve in the River Suir.