An Buachaillín Bán is credited to Eamonn O Donnchadha (1874-1949)of Co. Cork

Said to be a Jacobite song (compare with Mo Ghille Mear), the fair-haired boy symbollic of Bonny Prince Charlie. The reference in the last verse to Seán probably refers to followers of Prince William, "Seaghan Buidhe" (Seán Buí, Yellow John)