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Corofin ()〔(Corrofin, County Clare ) Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved: 2011-11-22.〕 is a village on the River Fergus in northern County Clare in Ireland and a Catholic parish by the same name. ==Location== The village is 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. In 2011, the village had 689 inhabitants, up from 485 in 2006.〔 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. Also known as "The Gateway to the Burren" or "The Angler's Paradise", Corofin is the birthplace of renowned Irish painter Frederick William Burton. The name Corofin means "the white or foam-flecked ford" from the (アイルランド語:Finn Coradh), the earliest form of the name to be found in the literature: "fearann re hucht Finn Coradh".-(hUidhrín, 15c. Topographical Poem ) The town is sometimes also spelled "Corrofin". Corofin is the site of the ''Clare Heritage and Genealogical Research Centre''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Corofin, County Clare」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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