Corofin, County Galway
Corofin or Corrofin () is a village and parish in County Galway, Ireland, situated on the N17 road between Galway City and Tuam. History. Corrofin Castle is a mid-15th century tower house, now partly in ruins. 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. 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. Corofin has an athletics team named Corofin AC and a football team named Corofin United. 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.