 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, were used for the filming of the D-Day sequence in "Saving Private Ryan", due to similarity to Omaha Beach in Normandy.Filming began 27 June 1997, and lasted for two months.