Maeve Binchy, author of the novel on which the movie is based, makes an uncredited cameo as a restaurant patron. She can be glimpsed seated at the end of the bar, right after the scene where Ria offers to take the job advertised at the restaurant cashier's counter.
Maria Doyle Kennedy (Rosemary Ryan ) and Bronagh Gallagher (Polly) both made their film debut in 1991's 'The Commitments'.
Olivia Williams and Sarah Bolger also played mother and daughter in Counterpart (TV Series 2017-2019).