Corofin, County Galway
Corofin
Cora Finne | |
|---|---|
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 (2016)[1] | 627 |
| 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.
History
Corrofin Castle, dating to the mid-15th century, is partly in ruins.[3]
Sport
The local Gaelic football club, Corofin GAC, 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.[4] 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 does not have a hurling team.[citation needed]
Corofin has an athletics team, Corofin AC.[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]
See also
References
- ^ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Corrofin". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ^ "Corrofin, County Galway". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
- ^ "Corofin Castle". visitgalway.ie. Visit Galway. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ^ "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
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