# Curracloe

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{{Short description|Holiday village in County Wexford, Ireland}}
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{{Infobox settlement
|name                   = Curracloe
|native_name            = {{lang|ga|Currach Cló}}
|native_name_lang       = ga
|settlement_type        = Village
|image_skyline          = IMG Curracloe943.jpg
|image_caption          = Entering the village on the R742 road
|pushpin_map            = Ireland
|pushpin_label_position = right
|pushpin_map_caption    = Location in Ireland
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland)
|subdivision_type1      = [Province](/source/Provinces_of_Ireland)
|subdivision_name1      = [Leinster](/source/Leinster)
|subdivision_type3      = [County](/source/Counties_of_Ireland)
|subdivision_name3      = [Wexford](/source/County_Wexford)
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|unit_pref              = Metric
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|population_as_of       = 2006
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|area_code              = 053
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'''Curracloe''' ({{Irish place name|Currach Cló|marsh of the impression}}<ref>A. D. Mills, 2003, ''A Dictionary of British Place-Names'', Oxford University Press</ref>) is a village in [County Wexford](/source/County_Wexford), Ireland. Around {{convert|8|km|0}} northeast of [Wexford town](/source/Wexford), it is on the [R742](/source/R742_road_(Ireland)) road at the junction with the [R743](/source/R743_road_(Ireland)) road. It is linked to the long and sandy Curracloe Strand (beach) {{convert|4|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} to the east. Curracloe sees an influx of holiday travellers every summer, who stay in bed & breakfast inns, mobile homes and caravan parks.<ref>[http://wexfordhub.com/places/curracloe-beach/ ''Curracloe Beach'']. - Wexford Hub. - Retrieved: 2015-10-21</ref>

==Beach==
thumb|left|226px|Curracloe Strand, County Wexford
Ballinesker Beach and Curracloe Strand, Ballinesker, were used for the filming of the [D-Day](/source/D-Day) sequence in ''[Saving Private Ryan](/source/Saving_Private_Ryan)'', due to similarity to [Omaha Beach](/source/Omaha_Beach) in [Normandy](/source/Normandy).<ref>[http://www.sproe.com/o/omaha-beach.html Omaha Beach]. | [http://www.sproe.com/d/dog-one.html Dog One]. - Saving Private Ryan Online Encyclopedia. - Retrieved: 2008-06-09</ref><ref>[http://www.iftn.ie/locations/sublinks_static/wexford/?act1=record&aid=70&rid=1493&tpl=filmography_dets&only=1&force=1 Saving Private Ryan]. - Irish Film and Television Network. - Retrieved: 2008-06-09</ref> Filming began 27 June 1997, and lasted for two months.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071120085518/http://www.wexfordpeople.ie/news/private--ryan-expo-697670.html "Private Ryan' expo"]. - ''Wexford People''. - 6 June 2007. - | [http://www.independent.ie/national-news/ryans-slaughter-434700.html "Ryan's slaughter"]. Independent Newspapers. - 3 August 1998. - Retrieved: 2008-06-09</ref><ref>[http://www.britannia.org/film/filmdetails.php?FilmID=00000506 ''Saving Private Ryan'']. - Britannia Film Archives. - Retrieved: 2008-06-09</ref> The village of Curracloe lacked [three-phase electricity](/source/Three-phase_electric_power) but when the film company decided to film there, it was connected.<ref>"10th anniversary of Saving Private Ryan". - ''Wexford Echo''. - 31 May 2007</ref>
Curracloe Strand was also used for the Irish beach scene in the movie ''[Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn_(film))''.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/oct/10/colm-toibin-film-brooklyn-novel | title=Colm Tóibín on filming his novel Brooklyn: 'Everyone in my home town wanted to be an extra' | date=10 October 2015 | newspaper=The Guardian | first=Colm | last=Tóibín | accessdate=9 February 2020 }}</ref>
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==See also==
* [List of towns and villages in Ireland](/source/List_of_towns_and_villages_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland)

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Category:Towns and villages in County Wexford
Category:Beaches of County Wexford

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