Corofin, County Galway
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. HistoryCorofin 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] SportThe 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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