 Sharon's story is that it was a Spanish sailor, but the whole town suspects the truth.The surname of the Rabbitte family in the book had to be changed to Curley as 20th Century Fox owns the rights to the Rabbitte name from "The Commitments" (1991), which featured the same characters.The film was shot in many familiar locations around Dublin including Raheny, Kilbarrack, Ballybough, Dún Laoghaire & The Old Shieling Hotel.