| O'Brien Has No Place to Go | |
| Cover: | O'Brien Has No Place to Go record label.png |
| Type: | single |
| B-Side: | 40 Miles from Poplar Bluff |
| Released: | 1971 |
| Recorded: | 1971 |
| Genre: | Irish traditional, showband, country and Irish |
| Length: | 2:52 |
| Label: | Play |
| Producer: | Bill O'Donovan |
| Prev Title: | The Maid With The Bonny Brown Hair |
| Prev Year: | 1970 |
| Next Title: | Sailor Boy |
| Next Year: | 1971 |
"O'Brien Has No Place to Go" is an Irish traditional song written by Stanley Murphy with music by George "Honey Boy" Evans.[1] [2]
The song is about a man named Dennis O'Brien who has three eligible daughters, all of whom are courted by young men.[1]
The song was written in 1908 by Stanley Murphy with music by George "Honey Boy" Evans.[1] [2]
A 1971 recording by Brendan Shine reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart.[3] [4] Shine received a silver disc for selling over 25,000 copies of the single.[5]