Corofin, County Clare

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Corofin
Cora Finne
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Main street, Corofin
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Corofin
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°56′43″N9°03′43″W / 52.945225°N 9.062004°W / 52.945225; -9.062004
Country Ireland
Province Munster
County County Clare
Elevation
30 m (100 ft)
Population
 (2016) [1]
776
Time zone UTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference R285887

Corofin (Irish : Cora Finne [2] or Coradh Finne) is a town on the River Fergus in northern County Clare, Ireland and also a parish of the same name in the Catholic Diocese of Killaloe.

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The 2016 population was 776, up from 689 in 2011. [1] [3]

Name

The name Corofin means "the white or foam-flecked ford" from the Irish : Finn Coradh, the earliest form of the name to be found in the literature: "fearann re hucht Finn Coradh". - [Ó hUidhrín, 15c. Topographical Poem][ citation needed ] A different translation is "Finne's weir". [4] : 15 

The town name is sometimes spelled "Corrofin". [2] Corofin also styles itself as "The Gateway to the Burren" or "The Angler's Paradise". [5]

Geography

The town is 12 km (7.5 mi) north of the county town of Ennis, at the crossroads of the R460 and R476 regional roads. It is on the southern edge of the upland limestone region of The Burren. Corofin is in the civil parish of Kilnaboy in the Barony of Inchiquin. [6] It lies across the townlands of Baunkyle, Laghtagoona and Kilvoydan.

It lies in the parish of the same name of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe.

Places of interest

Inchiquin Inn in 1989 Corofin, Co Clare. Inchiquin Inn, Kenny's Drinking Emporium stained glass, Apr 1989.jpg
Inchiquin Inn in 1989

On Church Street is the former Church of Ireland, St. Catherine's Church, built between 1715 and 1720 by Catherine Kneightly. It was renovated c. 1820 and by 1829 the steeple had been added. [7] The building is now in use by the Clare Heritage and Genealogical Research Centre. [8] An Irish National Monument, the Cross Inneenboy, also known as Roughan Hill Tau Cross, is a stone tau cross which has been moved into the centre for safe keeping.

Inchiquin Castle. View of the outside, main building on the left, overgrown tower to the right. Inchiquin Castle exterior.jpg
Inchiquin Castle. View of the outside, main building on the left, overgrown tower to the right.

Inchiquin Castle is located just outside the town, on the north side of Lake Inchiquin. It was possibly begun by Teige-an-Chomhaid O'Brien (d. 1466). In 1542, it belonged to Turlough, son of Murrough, first Baron of Inchiquin. Murrough O'Brien, the fourth Baron, was in possession in 1580. His descendants, the Marquesses of Thomond, derived their title of Earl of Inchiquin from this estate. During the Nine Years' War, Hugh Roe O'Donnell raided Clare and Inchiquin Castle was attacked by one of his lieutenants, Maguire of Fermanagh. During the Confederate Wars Christopher O'Brien, Murrough the Burner's brother, lived here. Murrough's son, Colonel John O'Brien, abandoned Inchiquin towards the end of the 17th century. By then it had deteriorated into a ruin. Today the castle remains a ruin surrounded by pastures. Part of the older castle tower is still extant as is a good portion of the later 17th-century banquet hall. [7]

Town twinning

Corofin is twinned with Tonquédec in France.[ citation needed ]

Notable people

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Corrofin". Central Statistics Office (Ireland) . Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 Corrofin, County Clare Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved: 2011-11-22.
  3. ↑ "Census 2011 - Table 5 Population of towns ordered by county and size, 2006 and 2011" (PDF). CSO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  4. 1 2 Roche, D. The Clare Guide - Official Irish Tourist Board Guide. Bord Failte.
  5. ↑ "'Time to re-establish North Clare as an angling destination'". 19 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Corofin, Corrofin or Curofin". Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland. 1845. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  7. 1 2 "Corofin, Places of Interest". Clare County Library. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "Heritage attractions in Clare | the heritage of County Clare | Planning, heritage and conservation | Services | Clare County Council".
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