have seen this beach before. More or less as you see it pictured here. This is Ballyvaldon Beach just north of Curracloe, County Wexford. In 1997 A movie was made here and not just any old movie either."Saving Private Ryan" 's first half hour of never to be forgotten footage of the D-Day landings was shot here.
I think we all took for granted the D-Day landings and what those Liberators had to endure that day.
But seeing Spielberg's vision of the true horror that mankind has to endure in a war setting makes one appreciate the sacrifices that those men made that day & ever since.
There are so many stories about the shooting of the movie. It lasted about 6 weeks while on location in Wexford plus some other scenes were filmed in the countryside. I understand the actors got along famously with the extras who were members of the Irish Army reserve - last seen in "Braveheart".Two friends of mine Stephen Eustace & Tom Mooney wrote a wonderful tome called "Battleground" depicting the Shooting of the movie while on Wexford's shores, I am sure editions of it are probably still available if one goes looking.
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