"Queen of the Fair", in Gaelic "Bainriogan an Aonaig" or "Banríon an Aonaigh" is an Irish double jig in D Major. The parts are played AABBCC'.
Composition of the tune is credited (in O'Neill's Irish Folk Music) to virtuoso Chicago fiddler John McFadden (c. 1847-c. 1913, born Carrowmore, Co. Mayo), a contemporary of Captain Francis O'Neill and was first published in O’Neill’s Dance Music of Ireland (1907).
The melody achieved some currency in Ireland in the latter half of the century after the 1931 recording by the old Ballinakill Céilí Band circulated.
It was printed in Brody's Fiddler’s Fakebook (1983), Mulvihill's 1st Collection (1986), O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), Taylor's At the Crossroads Dance (1992) and Taylor's Music for the Sets: Yellow Book (1995).
It was recorded by Tommy Peoples and Paul Brady on The High Part of the Road, Martin Mulvihill on Traditional Irish Fiddling From County Limerick and Shaskeen on My Love is in America.