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.
Corofin
Cora Finne | |
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Village | |
_(geograph_1953877).jpg) Corrofin Castle | |
  Corofin Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°25′00″N 8°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 |
History edit
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 edit
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 edit
- Daithí Burke, Gaelic footballer and hurler[7]
- Kieran Fitzgerald, Gaelic footballer[8]
- Eileen Costello O'Shaughnessy, taxi driver who was murdered in 1997[citation needed]
- Enda Scahill, musician[9]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Profile 1 - Population Distribution and Movement F1015 - Population: Corrofin, Co. Galway". Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ "Corrofin, County Galway". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
- ^ "Corofin Castle". visitgalway.ie. Visit Galway. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Saint Colman's Catholic Church, Ballybanagher, Corrofin, Galway". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ^ "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
- ^ "Corofin's Daithi Burke confirms he will not be playing football for Galway". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ^ "Galway and Corofin stalwart Kieran Fitzgerald announces retirement". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 26 April 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ^ "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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