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Including
Ballyglunin,
Belclare,
Sylane
Corofin is one of the
biggest parishes in the Archdiocese of Tuam. The ecclesiastical name of
the parish is Cummer and Kilmoylan. The parish priest resides in Corofin
and the curate always resided in Belclare. The population of Corofin has
been growing steadily in recent years and over one hundred new houses
alone have been constructed in the hinterland of Corofin village itself
inside the last five years.
In a recent calculation there are now 820 families approximately in the
Corofin side of the parish. The number of baptisms in the church of St.
Colman in Corofin last year came to sixty-nine. Newcomers the parish, have
a number of organisations to chose from if they wish to be become involved
in the community - a number of which we list below.
Strangers often associated "Corofin" in County Clare which was made famous by
Percy French, but now our Corofin is well known throughout the entire
country mainly through the great success of the G.A.A. club both on and
off the field.
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Cummer & Kilmoylan is the older title of the parish.
Strictly, Belclare (the mouth of the plain) and Killower (the church
beside the well) might also be added. Cummer, meaning confluence, refers
to the meeting of the Clare and its tributaries - the Grange & the Abbert.
Kilmoylan is translated as the Church of the Mound.
The popular name for this parish is Corofin (Coire Finne), meaning a large
pool of clean, clear water. Corofin was an important centre in Norman
times because there was a ford at Corofin across a large expanse of water
which covered one-third of the parish. This was the only crossing point
available between the two large areas of water stretching from south west
of Tuam to Lackagh.
As Penal Laws began to wane in 1760, a low thatched church was built at
Corofin. The present church begun in 1829 by a Belclare man, Fr. Pat
Canavan, was completed and dedicated to St. Colman in 1844.
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. |
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