O'Brien Has No Place to Go

"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]

"O'Brien Has No Place to Go"
Single by Brendan Shine
B-side	"40 Miles from Poplar Bluff"
Released	1971
Recorded	1971
Genre	Irish traditional, showband, country and Irish
Length	2:52
Label	Play
Songwriter(s)	Stanley Murphy, George "Honey Boy" Evans
Producer(s)	Bill O'Donovan
Brendan Shine singles chronology
"The Maid With The Bonny Brown Hair" (1970) "O'Brien Has No Place to Go" (1971) "Sailor Boy" (1971)

Lyrics

The song is about a man named Dennis O'Brien who has three eligible daughters, all of whom are courted by young men.^[1]

Song history

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]