The selchie falls in love the girl but at first she doesn't return his love.

The girl must ultimately make the decision to free the selchie because if his increasing longing for the sea or to keep close the selkie she now loves.

"Great Selchie of Shule Skerry" (Traditional)

The Irish band Solas included one variant, titled "Grey Selchie", in their 1998 album The Words That Remain.

The Irish-American musical group, Solas, have a song called "The Grey Selchie" on their "The Words That Remain" CD.

In the last of the five short stories in the anthology Love Is Hell titled "Love Struck" by Melissa Marr a teenage girl walking along a beach accidentally steps upon a pelt of a selchie.