Image IMG Curracloe943.jpg thumb 480px Curracloe Irish place name Currach Cl 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 , a few miles northeast of the town of Wexford , Republic of Ireland Ireland . It lies on the R742 road R742 regional road at the junction with R743 road R743 , and is linked to the long and sandy Curracloe Strand beach by the short R743 road, convert 4 km mi 1 abbr on to the east. Curracloe sees a huge influx of holiday travellers every summer, who stay in bed & breakfast inns, mobile homes and caravan parks. Ballinesker Beach Curracloe Strand Ballinesker Beach, 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 . 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 June 27, 1997, and lasted for two months. ref http www.wexfordpeople.ie news private ryan expo 697670.html Private Ryan expo . Wexford People . June 6, 2007. http www.independent.ie national news ryans slaughter 434700.html Ryan s slaughter . Independent Newspapers. August 3 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 3 phase electricity but when the film company decided to film here, it was connected. ref 10th anniversary ... Curracloe on Mondays and Saturdays only. On Mondays there is a bus at 10.34am to Gorey and at 4.36pm ... Wexford Category Beaches of the Republic of Ireland Beaches of Ireland Wexford geo stub fr Curracloe ... more details
Infobox road country IRL type R route 742 length km 45 destinations County Wexford Gorey Leave the R772 road R772 Crosses under the N11 road Ireland M11 . Courtown Riverchapel Ballygarrett Passes Clonevin Cross Roads Passes the Ballywater Wind Farm Kilmuckridge Blackwater, County Wexford Blackwater R744 road R744 Curracloe R743 Two kilometers north of Wexford Wexford Town terminates at the R741 road R741 . The R742 road is a regional road in County Wexford , Republic of Ireland Ireland . From its junction with the R772 road R772 in Gorey it takes a southerly route to its junction with the R741 road R741 north of Wexford Wexford Town where it terminates. Though the road passes through many popular seaside resorts and villages undergoing extensive growth, it remains virtually unchanged since it was first paved with long stretches of narrow, winding, unmarked and worn surfacing as of 2007 . Image IMG R742road1936.jpg thumb 280px left R742 unlined, poor surface The road is convert 45 km mi abbr on long. See also Roads in Ireland National primary road National secondary road References http www.transport.ie upload general 7617 0.pdf Roads Act 1993 Classification of Regional Roads Order 2006 Department of Transport Ireland Department of Transport Roads in Ireland Category Regional roads in the Republic of Ireland Category Roads in County Wexford ... more details
Clonroche Coolgreany Courtown Craanford Crossabeg Cullenstown Curracloe Duncannon Duncormick ... in Curracloe , Co. Wexford were used to film the opening scenes of the movie Saving Private Ryan , which ... townland of Loftus Hall . Popular beaches are located at Courtown , Curracloe , and Duncannon . Other ... more details
Infobox sport name Ultimate image Ultimate at UNC Wilmington.jpg imagesize 200px caption union World Flying Disc Federation WFDF international br USA Ultimate U.S. br UK Ultimate U.K. nickname Ultimate Frisbee first registered clubs contact Limited contact team 7 per team br sometimes fewer mgender In some competitions category equipment Flying disc venue obsolete olympic No, but is included in World Games Ultimate is a sport played with the Ultimate flying disc . The object of the game is to score points by passing the disc to a player in the opposing end zone, similar to an end zone in American football or Rugby football rugby . Players may not run with the disc, and may only move one foot pivot while holding the disc. While originally called ultimate frisbee , it is now officially called ultimate in many areas because Frisbee is registered in some areas as a trademark, albeit Genericized trademark genericized , for the line of discs made by the Wham O toy company. In 2008, there were 4.9 million Ultimate players in the US. ref cite news url http www.cnbc.com id 30138012 title Ultimate Frisbee On The Rise last Rovell first Darren date April 9, 2009 publisher cnbc.com accessdate 2009 05 01 ref Origin In the fall of 1968, Joel Silver , a student at Columbia High School New Jersey Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey proposed a school Frisbee team to the student council on a whim. ref name silver cite web url http www.nytimes.com 2010 08 29 business media 29silver.html?ref movies&pagewanted print title Hey, Big Spender Hollywood Isn t in the Mood first1 Brooks last1 Barnes first2 Michael last2 Cieply date 2010 08 28 work The New York Times publisher The New York Times Company location New York City, United States of America page BU1 archiveurl http www.webcitation.org 5sTjJ3f03 archivedate 2010 09 03 accessdate 2010 09 03 quote In the fall of 1968, while in high school, he proposed adding a Frisbee game he had created with some friends based on a similar spo ... more details
Portal Ireland List of townlands of County Wexford This is a sortable table of the approximately 2,384 townlands in County Wexford , Republic of Ireland Ireland . ref http www.seanruad.com The IreAtlas townland database . Retrieved 2010 09 17. ref ref http www.logainm.ie Irish Placenames Database . Retrieved 2010 09 17. ref Duplicate names occur where there is more than one townland with the same name in the county. Names marked in bold typeface are towns and villages, and the word Town appears for those entries in the Acres column. Townland list class wikitable sortable style border 1px Townland Acres Baronies of Ireland Barony Civil Parish Poor Law Union Ireland Poor Law Union Abbeydown align right nts 454 Scarawalsh Moyacomb Shillelagh Ablintown align right nts 95 Forth Kildavin Wexford Aclamon align right nts 477 Shelburne Tellarought New Ross Adamstown align right nts 1076 Bantry Adamstown New Ross Ahare align right nts 267 Gorey Kilgorman Gorey Ahare align right nts 53 Gorey Kilcavan Gorey Aldridge align right nts 96 Shelburne Templetown New Ross Allenstown Big align right nts 176 Forth St. Iberius Wexford Allenstown Little align right nts 64 Forth St. Iberius Wexford Ambrosetown align right nts 277 Bargy Ambrosetown Wexford Anagh More align right nts 295 Gorey Kilnahue Gorey Annagh align right nts 289 Gorey Monamolin Gorey Annagh Central align right nts 340 Gorey Kilnahue Gorey Annagh Hill align right nts 303 Gorey Kilnahue Gorey Annagh Long align right nts 303 Gorey Kilnahue Gorey Annagh Lower align right nts 295 Gorey Kilnahue Gorey Annagh Middle align right nts 270 Gorey Kilnahue Gorey Annagh Upper align right nts 239 Gorey Kilnahue Gorey Annaghfin align right nts 53 Ballaghkeen Ballyhuskard Enniscorthy Annaghgap align right nts 379 Gorey Kilnahue Gorey Ardcandrisk align right nts 83 Shelmaliere West Ardcandrisk Wexford Ardcavan align right nts 308 Shelmaliere East Ardcavan Wexford Ardcolm align right nts 131 Shelmaliere East Ardcolm Wexford Ardenagh Great ... more details
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