Corofin Cora Finne | |
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Village | |
 Corrofin Castle | |
  Corofin Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°25′00″N8°52′48″W / 53.4167°N 8.88°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Galway |
| Elevation | 45 m (148 ft) |
| Population | 745 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | M424434 |
Corofin or Corrofin (Irish : Cora Finne, meaning "weir of (the) white one") [2] is a village and parish in County Galway, Ireland, situated on the N17 road between Galway City and Tuam.
Corrofin Castle is a mid-15th century tower house, now partly in ruins. [3] [4] Corrofin's Roman Catholic church is dedicated to Saint Colman and was built in the 1840s to replace an earlier 18th century chapel. [5]
The local Gaelic football club, Corofin, have won five All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championships, most recently beating Kilcoo in the 2019-2020 Championship final. They also hold the record for most successive All-Ireland Club Championship titles, winning three-in-a-row between 2017 and 2020. [6] Their team of the 2010s is the most successful, winning the county title seven times, the Connacht Senior Football Championship four times and the All-Ireland Senior Club Championship five times.[ citation needed ]
Corofin has an athletics team named Corofin AC and a football team named Corofin United.[ citation needed ]
A Corofin native, Bishop Patrick Duggan of Clonfert, declined the honour of being the first patron of the GAA, giving the honour to the younger man, Archbishop Thomas Croke of Cashel.[ citation needed ]
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St Jarlath's College is a Catholic co-educational secondary school in Tuam, County Galway. The college was founded in 1800 and in 2009 absorbed St. Patrick's College, Tuam. The College, which operates under patronage of the Archbishop of Tuam, is named after Jarlath, or Iarlaith, who founded a monastery in the town when, as legend has it, his chariot wheel broke. The enrolment numbers in 2022 are 595.
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Kieran Fitzgerald is an Irish Gaelic footballer. He played at senior level for the Galway county team between 2000 and 2011. He plays his club football with Corofin. He has won one All Ireland medal in 2001 and an All Star the same year. He was named captain of the Galway football team in 2007 and made his International Rules Series debut in 2006.
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The 2017–18 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the 48th annual gaelic football club championship since its establishment in the 1970–71 season. The winners receive the Andy Merrigan Cup.
The 2018–19 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the 49th annual gaelic football club championship since its establishment in the 1970–71 season. The winners receive the Andy Merrigan Cup.
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The 2021–22 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship was the 51st staging of the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county club football tournament. It was the first club championship to be organised in two years as the 2020-21 championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The championship began on 21 November 2021 and ended on 12 February 2022.
GA057-089---- [..] Castle - tower house [..] Townland: Corrofin [..] According to the Annals of the Four Masters, it was built in 1451 by Lord Clanrickarde (Nolan 1901a, 26-7) and it was in the possession of Richard Burke in 1585
Corofin have become the first GAA team in either code to win a hat-trick of All-Ireland club titles
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