9-467: Corofin or Corrofin may refer to: Corofin, County Clare , Ireland Corofin, County Galway , Ireland See also [ edit ] Corofin GAA (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Corofin . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
18-522: Is "Finne's weir". The town name is sometimes spelled "Corrofin". Corofin also styles itself as "The Gateway to the Burren" or "The Angler's Paradise". The town is 12 km (7.5 mi) north of the county town of Ennis , at the crossroads of the R460 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
27-627: Is a town on the River Fergus in northern County Clare , Ireland and also a parish of the same name in the Catholic Diocese of Killaloe . The 2016 population was 776, up from 689 in 2011. 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
36-539: The Barony of Inchiquin . It lies across the townlands of Baunkyle, Laghtagoona and Kilvoydan. It lies in the parish of the same name of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe . On Church Street is 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. The building is now in use by
45-656: The Clare Heritage and Genealogical Research Centre. An Irish National Monument , the Cross Inneenboy , also known as Roughan Hill Tau Cross, is a stone tau cross which has been moved into the centre for safe keeping. Inchiquin Castle is located just outside the town, on the north side of Lake Inchiquin . It was possibly begun by Teige-an-Chomhaid O'Brien (d. 1466). In 1542, it belonged to Turlough, son of Murrough, first Baron of Inchiquin . Murrough O'Brien ,
54-536: The end of the 17th century. By then it had deteriorated into a ruin. Today the castle remains a ruin surrounded by pastures. Part of the older castle tower is still extant as is a good portion of the later 17th-century banquet hall. Corofin is twinned with Tonquédec in France. Murrough O%27Brien, 4th Baron Inchiquin Murrough MacMurrough O'Brien, 4th Baron of Inchiquin (1562 – 24 July 1597)
63-711: The fourth Baron, was in possession in 1580. His descendants, the Marquesses of Thomond , derived their title of Earl of Inchiquin from this estate. During the Nine Years' War , Hugh Roe O'Donnell raided Clare and Inchiquin Castle was attacked by one of his lieutenants, Maguire of Fermanagh . During the Confederate Wars Christopher O'Brien, Murrough the Burner 's brother, lived here. Murrough's son, Colonel John O'Brien, abandoned Inchiquin towards
72-463: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Corofin&oldid=969312363 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Corofin, County Clare Corofin ( Irish : Cora Finne or Coradh Finne )
81-465: Was the son of Murrough McDermot O'Brien, 3rd Baron Inchiquin and Margaret Cusack, daughter of Sir Thomas Cusack of Cussington, Meath, Lord Chancellor of Ireland and his second wife Maud Darcy. He married Mabel Nugent, daughter of Christopher Nugent , 6th Baron Delvin . He had one son; Dermod O'Brien, 5th Baron Inchiquin . He was shot in 1597 when fording the River Erne near Sligo during
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