Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: "In the Name of the Grandfather" bụ nke Ralph Sosa duziri, ọ bụkwa Matt Marshall dere edemede mbụ nke ihe nkiri ahụ. Marshall tụpụtara echiche a n'afọ 2007 ma edepụta ya ka a gụọ ya n'afọ ahụ.
Ọgbaaghara ndị Writers Guild of America mere ka ọrụ na-aga n'ihu n'ihe nkiri ahụ. Onye na-emepụta ihe nkiri ahụ bụ Al Jean kọwara ya dị ka "akwụkwọ ozi ịhụnanya na-egosi ịhụnanya nye Ireland", ihe nkiri ahụ sitere n'otu isiokwu dị na "New York Times" banyere mmetụta nke mmachibido ise siga na Ireland na-enwe n'ụlọ mmanya. Ndị ọbịa ọbịa maka ihe omume ahụ gụnyere Colm Meaney dị ka Tom O'Flanagan, Glen Hansard dị ka onye na-egwu egwu n'okporo ámá na Markéta Irglová dị ka nwanyị Eastern European. Ihe omume ahụ nwere ọtụtụ njakịrị banyere Ireland na ntụnye aka na ọdịbendị Irish gụnyere Giant's Causeway, Blarney Castle, James Joyce, leprechauns, Guinness, "Riverdance", U2 na ihe nkiri "Once".