Curracloe
Curracloe
Currach Cló | |
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Village | |
Curracloe Location in Ireland | |
Coordinates: 52°23′34.44″N 6°23′18.6″W / 52.3929000°N 6.388500°WCoordinates: 52°23′34.44″N 6°23′18.6″W / 52.3929000°N 6.388500°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Leinster |
County | Wexford |
Area code(s) | 053 |
Curracloe (Irish: Currach Cló, meaning 'marsh of the impression'[1]) is a village in County Wexford, a few miles northeast of the town of Wexford, Ireland. It lies on the R742 regional road at the junction with , and is linked to the long and sandy Curracloe Strand (beach) by the short R743 road, 4 km (2.5 mi) to the east. Curracloe sees an influx of holiday travellers every summer, who stay in bed & breakfast inns, mobile homes and caravan parks.[2]
Beach[]
Ballinesker Beach and Curracloe Strand, Ballinesker, were used for the filming of the D-Day sequence in Saving Private Ryan, due to similarity to Omaha Beach in Normandy.[3][4] Filming began 27 June 1997, and lasted for two months.[5][6] The village of Curracloe lacked three-phase electricity but when the film company decided to film there, it was connected.[7] Curracloe Strand was also used for the Irish beach scene in the movie Brooklyn.[8]
See also[]
- List of towns and villages in Ireland
References[]
- ^ A. D. Mills, 2003, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press
- ^ Curracloe Beach. - Wexford Hub. - Retrieved: 2015-10-21
- ^ Omaha Beach. | Dog One. - Saving Private Ryan Online Encyclopedia. - Retrieved: 2008-06-09
- ^ Saving Private Ryan. - Irish Film and Television Network. - Retrieved: 2008-06-09
- ^ "Private Ryan' expo". - Wexford People. - 6 June 2007. - | "Ryan's slaughter". Independent Newspapers. - 3 August 1998. - Retrieved: 2008-06-09
- ^ Saving Private Ryan. - Britannia Film Archives. - Retrieved: 2008-06-09
- ^ "10th anniversary of Saving Private Ryan". - Wexford Echo. - 31 May 2007
- ^ Tóibín, Colm (10 October 2015). "Colm Tóibín on filming his novel Brooklyn: 'Everyone in my home town wanted to be an extra'". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- Towns and villages in County Wexford
- Beaches of County Wexford
- County Wexford geography stubs