Corofin GAA (County Galway)


Corofin GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Corofin, County Galway, Ireland. The club serves the two parishes of Cummer and Kilmoylan and Belclare.
Corofin are the 2019–20 All-Ireland Club Champions, after winning their third-successive All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship final by defeating Kilcoo of Down in January 2020.

History

The club has had a long association with the GAA dating back as far as its inception. Corofin born and long time local parish priest, Dr Patrick Duggan, who was then Bishop of Clonfert was Michael Cusack's first choice to be the clerical patron of the new association in 1884. However, the Bishop declined the invitation on health grounds, and directed the delegation to the more youthful Dr Croke the Archbishop of Cashel.
The current club was formed in 1925 as a result of an amalgamation between Corofin and Belclare. With the disruption of war and emigration in the first two decades of the 20th century, it was increasingly difficult for the two rural clubs to be competitive against the town teams. The name of the new club was decided when Corofin defeated Belclare in a game in Anbally on Easter Sunday, 12 April 1925.
It was also in 1925 that Tom Molloy became the first man from the parish to win an All-Ireland senior football medal. Molloy went on to train Galway to win the 1934 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final and the Roscommon team in the 1940s to All-Ireland successes.

Later years

Of the club's 21 Galway Senior Football Championship title wins, 18 of these have been since 1991. The club has also won 10 Connacht Senior Club Football Championship titles. In 1998, 2015, 2018 2019 and 2020 the club won the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.
Corofin won the 2019 Galway Senior Football Championship, defeating Tuam Stars in a replay on a scoreline of 11 points to 8 points. This win allowed the club to become the third club to win seven Galway senior football championship titles in a row.
In 2019, the club won their second successive All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship, defeating Dr. Crokes in the 2018–19 All-Ireland Club Championship final on a scoreline of 2-16 to 10 points.
In 2020, Corofin became the first GAA club team to win three back-to-back All-Ireland club titles, beating Kilcoo after extra-time in the 2019–20 final.

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