Corofin, County Galway

Not to be confused with Corofin, County Clare.

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
Village
Corrofin Castle
Corofin Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°25′00″N 8°52′48″W
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

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

See also: Category:People from Corofin, County Galway

• 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

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

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.