Corofin, County Clare
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Corofin Cora Finne
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 Corofin
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| Coordinates: 52°56′43″N 9°03′43″W / 52.945225°N 9.062004°WCoordinates: 52°56′43″N 9°03′43″W / 52.945225°N 9.062004°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Clare |
| Elevation | 30 m (100 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 689 |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
| Irish Grid Reference | R285887 |
Corofin (Irish: Cora Finne or Coradh Finne) is a village on the River Fergus in northern County Clare in Ireland and a Catholic parish by the same name.
In 2011, the village had 689 inhabitants, up from 485 in 2006.
The name Corofin means "the white or foam-flecked ford" from the Irish: Finn Coradh, the earliest form of the name to be found in the literature: "fearann re hucht Finn Coradh".-[Ó hUidhrín, 15c. Topographical Poem]
A different translation is "Finne's weir".
The town is sometimes spelled "Corrofin". Corofin also styles itself as "The Gateway to the Burren" or "The Angler's Paradise".
The village is 12 km (7.5 mi) north of the county town of Ennis, at the crossroads of the R470 and R476 regional roads. It is on the southern edge of the upland limestone region of The Burren. Corofin is in the civil parish of Kilnaboy in the Barony of Inchiquin.
It lies in the Kilnaboy parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe. The parish has three churches, St Brigid's in Corofin, St Joseph's in Kilnaboy and St Mary's in Rath.
Corofin is the birthplace of painter Frederick William Burton.
Corofin is the site of the Clare Heritage and Genealogical Research Centre. The Cross Inneenboy has been moved here.
The Centre is located in the former Church of Ireland, St. Catherine's Church, built between 1715 and 1720 by Catherine Kneightly. It was renovated c. 1820 and by 1829 the steeple had been added.
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