placenamesInchiquin
Inse Uí Chuinn
Corofin’s nineteenth-century trade reflected changes in rural manufacturing and grain sales.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Inse Uí Chuinn · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Inchiquin · English · main form
Place & story
Trade moving elsewhere
In 1837 Samuel Lewis recalled substantial sales of locally made yarn stockings at Corofin, but reported that this trade had long declined. The town retained a Wednesday market and two fairs, while its old buttressed market-house was nearly disused because grain chiefly went to Ennis. Lewis also noted a newly established boat race on Inchiquin lake; his expectation that it might become annual was a prediction, rather than evidence of an enduring yearly event. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Inchiquin. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Curofin or Corofin: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.