Corofin, County Galway

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Corofin
Cora Finne
Village
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Corrofin Castle
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Corofin
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°25′00″N8°52′48″W / 53.4167°N 8.88°W / 53.4167; -8.88
Country Ireland
Province Connacht
County County Galway
Elevation
45 m (148 ft)
Population
 (2022) [1]
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.

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History

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]

Sport

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 ]

Notable people

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References

  1. ↑ "Profile 1 - Population Distribution and Movement F1015 - Population: Corrofin, Co. Galway". Central Statistics Office (Ireland) . Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "Corrofin, County Galway". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Corofin Castle". visitgalway.ie. Visit Galway. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  4. ↑ Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway. Dublin: Stationery Office. 1999. 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
  5. ↑ "Saint Colman's Catholic Church, Ballybanagher, Corrofin, Galway". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  6. ↑ "Corofin find a little extra to banish brave Kilcoo and claim third successive All-Ireland SFC club title". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. 19 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020. Corofin have become the first GAA team in either code to win a hat-trick of All-Ireland club titles
  7. ↑ "Corofin's Daithi Burke confirms he will not be playing football for Galway". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  8. ↑ "Galway and Corofin stalwart Kieran Fitzgerald announces retirement". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 26 April 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "Brothers hit right note at home and in the US". connachttribune.ie. Connacht Tribune. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
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