Curracloe
| Curracloe Irish: Currach Cló | |
| County Wexford | |
|---|---|
 Entering Curracloe | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | T098280 |
| Location: | 52°23’35"N, 6°23’18"W |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | Y21 |
| Dialling code: | 053 |
| Local Government | |
Curracloe is a village in County Wexford, around five miles north-east of Wexford town, on the R742 road at the junction with the R743 road. It is linked to the long and sandy Curracloe Strand (beach) two and a half miles to the east. Curracloe sees an influx of holiday travellers every summer, who stay in bed & breakfast inns, mobile homes and caravan parks.[1]
The name of the village is from the Irish language, from 'Currach Cló', meanimg 'Marsh of the impression'.[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]
References
- ↑ Curracloe Beach. - Wexford Hub. - Retrieved: 2015-10-21
- ↑ Mills, Anthony David: 'A Dictionary of British Place-Names' (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9
- ↑ 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. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/oct/10/colm-toibin-film-brooklyn-novel. Retrieved 9 February 2020.