1800s

A team from Rath and Kilnaboy played in the first Senior Hurling Championship in 1887. They beat Kilmaley in the first round, but were beaten by Ennis in the next round.
Hurling, before the turn of the century, was a very different game from the game we know today. There was very little organised competition. Games were organised on a local basis, and hurling matches were played at Kells Meadow, Coad and Clifden.

1890's

At Kilvoydane in the early 1890's, a team from the town played a country team. The town team was captained by Art McGann, who in later years was chief GAA reporter for the Sunday Press under the name 'Fear Ciúin'.

1920's

Some of the best hurlers of the 1920's included Gus Kenny, Tom Mack, Dinny Doherty, Frank Burke, Pakie Egan, Ned Rahilly, Mick O'Neill, Martin Donoghue, Micko Henchy, Tom Donnellan and Jack Linnane.
The main driving force behind the club in those days was James Murray. Another man who did great work was Fr. Michael Crowe P.P. who was chaiman of the Offaly and the Clare County Boards in his earlier days.

1930's

In the late 1930's, Corofin fielded one of their best teams and contested the Intermediate Championship of 1937, reaching the semi-final. They lost to Sixmilebridge in a game they should have won. The highlight of this particular game was the display of Paddy Williams at full-back and Mick 'Buffer' O'Loughlin at midfield.
Other fine players of that era were John Burke who played in goal, Paddy Egan, Seamus Henchy, and the McNamara brothers Tom and John. John was a brilliant midfield player who had won a Junior All-Ireland medal with Kilkenny in 1928.

1940's

A football club was founded in Kilnaboy in 1942. This is the first record of organised football within the parish. The first chairman of this club was Joe O'Brien, with Bobby Cassidy as the first secretary. Get togethers were held at Collins's field and at the Riasc Mór. Among the players who played in that first football team were Peadar Murphy, Pat Linnane, Jimmy O'Loughlin, Paddy O'Doherty, Jimmy Mack, Brendan Collins and Flan Cleary. Even though this team did not have much success, they laid the foundations for the success that followed over thirty years later.

Despite having a fine number of individual hurlers, Corofin were unable to win a championship. This however was put right in 1945 when they won the Junior B Championship, beating Ogonnolloe in the final by 6-6 to 4-3. This team was backboned by several sets of brothers: Williams's, Ryan's, McGuane's, Egan's, Doherty's, McNamara's and O'Loughlins. The driving forces behind this team were Fr. Maxwell and Naoise Cleary. Fr. Maxwell organised the team, while Naoise did the training. This victory had been a long time coming, but it did not inspire the next generation of hurlers who failed to build on the 1945 success.

1950's

In 1953 a minor football team was affiliated and two years later they reached the county minor final. There was only one minor championship at the time, so this was a tremendous feat, one which has yet to be repeated. Kilnaboy were beaten in the final by Kilmurray-Ibrickane. This team included the four Daffy brothers - Pat, John, Jimmy and Peter, as well as Murray Clancy, Seamus Walsh, Fr. Terry Coughlan, Paul Callan and Bobby Hurley. Three of this team, Jimmy Clancy, Murray Clancy, and Terry Coughlan were members of that years Clare Minor Panel.

The Kilnaboy Junior Football team of 1956 reached the county final, but were beaten by Tradaree. They came again in 1958 but lost after a replay to Coolmeen. Peadar Murphy, Donal, Myles and Michael Clancy were prominent members of this side.
The 1950's were generally a lean time for Corofin hurling as emigration hit the area in a big way. Hoever, the arrival of Mick Kenny and Mickey Beakey on the scene brought a big improvement. They worked for a number of years without success, but in 1959 their efforts bore fruit. Three championships came to Corofin in 1959 including the first ever juvenile title.
The U-15 B team beat Doora-Barefield in the final. The then President of the GAA presented the trophy to the Corofin captain - Michael Hurley. This team included many players who were to give great service to Corofin down the years, including Michael O'Dell, Timmy McMahon, Ambrose McNamara and Paddy McNamara.

The minor hurling team won the 'B' Championship, beating Tubber in the final with Michael Neylon (Shessive) getting the vital goal.
The Junior hurling team won the Junior C title by beating Lisheen in the final. Prominent players on this side were James and Pat Kelly, Jim Healy, Paddy McNamara (the only player to play on all three winning sides), Donal Clancy, the O'Looney brothers and Kieran Casey. This medal was the only one which Donal Clancy won in a long career playing hurling and football.

1960's

In 1961, the Minor B hurling title was won for the second occassion by defeating Scariff in the final. The O'Donoghue brothers - Tom & Vincent, Paddy McNamara, Paddy and Willie Corbett, the O'Looney brothers and Kieran Casey were the more prominent members of this side.

1969 saw the next major breakthrough for Corofin hurling, when they captured their first Junior A championship. They beat Ruan, Ogonnolloe (after a replay), Clonlara, Wolfe Tones in the semi-final and Killanena in the final to win a memorable championship. This team was trained and motivated by a nineteen year old Michael Neylon, to come from nowhere to capture this title. A fine half-back line of Michel Neylon, Willie Corbett and Michael Collins were the rock on which this team was built. Sean Collins and Michael O'Dell were an ideal midfield partnership, while Timmy McMahon, Michael Keown and Toddy O'Loughlin were among the forwards.

Unlike the 1945 victory, this win brought hurling in Corofin alive, and even though intermediate status was not retained, a pattern for training had been set which lasted over the years.

1970's

In 1972 Kilnaboy had their first success winning the North Clare Junior Football League.

In 1976, the pressure coming from the clash of fixtures with Corofin hurling convinced Kilnaboy to join forces with Corofin. This removed a big problem for football within the parish, and it began to flourish.

1976 was a great year for football in the parish, with the Junior team reaching the league final, losing out to Naomh Eoin after a replay. The Minor and U-21 teams of that year won the first football championships to come to the parish. The minors, with Brendan Kenny as captain, beat St. Breckans in the final, while the U-21's, captained by Val O'Sullivan, beat Kilfenora in their final.

If 1976 was a good year, 1978 was even better when after many years trying, Corofin captured the Junior Football title, beating Naomh Eoin in the final, 1-7 to 1-5. James Shannon captained this historic team, which also included Gerard Kennedy in goal, Noel Williams, John Malone, Donal Hassett and Michael O'Dell in the backs, and John Halpin, Micko Quinn and Val O'Sullivan in the forwards. Two weeks later, Corofin captured their second U-21 'B' title when they beat St. Breckans in the final. All these teams in 1976 and 1978 were trained by Michael Hurley, who continued to train adult teams during the 80's with great success.

In 1977 and 1978, Corofin were involved in a North Clare amalgamation which took part in the Senior Football championship. The North Clare amalgmation reached the county final in both years, but lost out to Kilrush on both occassions. Val O'Sullivan and Michael Neylon were members of the 1977 side, while John Halpin, Brendan Kenny and James Shannon were members of the 1978 panel. Both the 1977 and 1978 amalgamation teams were trained by Michael Neylon.

In 1979, Corofin won the U-12 'B' title, beating Kilfenora in the final, under the management of Declan Kelleher and Jim Harmon. This U-12 'B' success was repeated 2 years later in 1981, when Corofin again beat Kilfenora in the final.

1980's

In the early 1980's, Corofin set about winning the Intermediate Football Championship, but met with several reversals along the road. In 1981 they lost the Geraldine League Final to Coolmeen, while the following year in 1982, they lost out to Lissycasey in the Banner Cup Final.

In 1984, the tide turned. Corofin captured the Banner Cup, beating Kilfenora in the final in Carron, which was a curtain raiser to the County Senior Football Final in the GAA's centenary year.

The Banner Cup victory entitled Corofin to play in the 1985 Cusack Cup (the senior football league). Corofin rose to the challenge and made it all the way to the semi-final, where they were most unlucky to lose out to Kilrush. Corofin took the scalp of numerous big teams on their way to the semi-final, including that of Kilkee, the then county champions. Despite these impressive performances, the Intermediate Championship eluded Corofin, but this was all about to change....

In 1987,Corofin beat Wolfe Tones and Coolmeen to qualify for the Intermediate Football final where they would meet near neighbours Kilfenora. Corofin settled quickly, yet Kilfenora were leading 0-3 to 0-2 coming up to half-time. But a goal and a point from Michael Ryan, plus a point from Brendan Kenny put Corofin into a 1-4 to 0-3 lead at the break. Kilfenora raised their game in the second half, but a goal from Brendan Kenny killed them off. Corofin ran out eventual winners on a scoreline of 2-5 to 0-6 to win their very first Intermediate Football Championship. This team was managed by John Kelleher, Willie Carey and Jim Harmon.

In the same year, further success came in the form of the Minor B Championship. Two years later in 1989, the U-21 B Championship was captured.     

1980 saw Corofin capture their second Junior A title, when they upset the odds by beating Ballyea in Tulla. The highlight of this final was the performance of Corofin's Pat Malone who played a stormer on Ballyea's centre-back Paddy Quinn. This team also included the likes of Michael O'Dell in goal, Martin Tierney and Michael Davoren in the full-back-line, Val O'Sullivan and Michael Neylon at half-back, James Shannon at centre-field and Noel Williams and the great-hearted James Howard in the forwards. 

Corofin were now back up playing Intermediate again, and during the 1980's Corofin reached two Intermediate Finals (1986 & 1988) and six semi-finals. They also won two Intermediate Leagues in 1983 and 1989.

Corofin were very unfortunate not to win the Intermediate Hurling Championship in the 1980's, but their luck was about to change at the turn of the next decade. 

1990's

1991 was a historic year for Corofin GAA Club, both on and off the field, with the winning of the Intermediate Hurling Championship for the first time and the official opening of Páirc Finne. Corofin defeated St. Josephs Doora-Barefield in the Intermediate Hurling final, with Seán O'Loughlin giving an outstanding performance at full-forward. Captain on this historic day was John Malone.
Further success followed in 1992 when Corofin won the Mid-Clare Junior Championship.

The Junior 'B' Hurling League was won in 1993, with Corofin beating Ruan in the final on a scoreline of 2-8 to 1-3. Willie Corbett and Thomas O'Loughlin were the management team.  
 
Corofin, captained by Robert Hurley, captured the U-21 'B' Football Championship in 1994.
In 1995, under the stewardship of Michael Neylon, the Senior Football team went all the way to the semi-final of the senior championship, where they were beaten by Ennis Faughs (an amalgamation of Eire Óg and Doora-Barefield).
The senior football team during the 1990's were a well drilled and well organised outfit, but they were unfortunate to lose out in the first round to the eventual county champions in 1993 (Kilmurray Ibrickane) and in 1997 (Cooraclare).

Páirc Finne was officially opened on May 5th 1991. The site was originally purchased in 1984 and  began to take shape gradually over the years due to great efforts by the then field committee and local fundraising ventures. Members of the field commitee included Jim Harmon, Tommy O'Loughlin,John Malone, John Kelleher, James Shannon, Gerard Kennedy, Noel Williams, Joe O'Connell, John Williams and Paul Sanders.

2000's

Following 10 years of playing Senior Hurling, Corofin were relegated to Intermediate in 2001 following defeat to Bodyke in a play-off. Corofin didnt stay down too long however, as they bounced back the following year in 2002 to win the Intermediate Championship, defeating Clooney in the final. Seamus Clancy got the all important goal in the first half to set Corofin on the road to victory. Final score Corofin 1-9 Clooney 0-11. Father and son - John and Darragh Clancy, lined out together on this team, John at full-forward and Darragh at centre-back. Joint-captains of this team were Seamus Clancy and Pat Curtis, while the management team consisted of Jimmy Neylon, Michael Ryan (Trainer), Paddy Meere and Mick Curran.

Further success followed in 2004 when Corofin won the Junior B Hurling Championship, with a mixture of the elder statesmen and the younger up and coming stars. Corofin, captained by Pakie O'Loughlin, defeated Cratloe in the final on a scoreline of 1-14 to 0-8. Timmy McMahon managed this team and was assisted by Michael Ryan (Trainer), Alan Cahill and Paddy Meere. 

Corofin went one step further in 2009, when they won the Junior 'A' Hurling Championship, defeating Inagh-Kilnamona in a close affair in the final by 3-11 to 1-13. Pa Ryan captained this team, while the team was managed by Timmy McMahon and Brian Corbett.

Senior Football staus was lost in 2004 when Corofin dropped down to Intermediate after conceding a walkover in the relegation play-off.
In 2006, Corofin regained their Senior Football status by defeating Clondegad in the Intermediate Football Final. Corofin, captained by Brian Lynch, emerged victorious on a scoreline of 2-8 to 1-6. Corofin were now through to the Munster Intermediate Football Championship. They defeated Limerick's Newcastle-West away in the first round, before defeating St. Mollerans from Waterford in front of a packed Páirc Finne in the semi-final. This set up a Munster Final against Ardfert of Kerry, which was held in the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick on December 23rd 2006. The final proved to be a low-scoring affair, with the teams deadlocked at half-time: Corofin 1-3 Ardfert 0-6, Colm Clancy netting in the first half, 14 years on from when he scored at the same venue in Clare's historic Munster Final win against Kerry. There were only two further scores in the second half, a point for Corofin and a late goal for Ardfert which proved to be the winning score. Final Score Ardfert 1-6 Corofin 1-4. This team was managed by player-manager Seamus Clancy, Peadar O'Brien, James O'Gorman and Kieran O'Mahoney (Doonbeg).      

Corofin struggled to survive as a Senior Football outfit and in 2008 they were relegated back down to Intermediate. They came very close to winning the Intermediate Football Championship again in 2009, but the concession of a last minute point proved to be a killer blow, as Corofin lost out to Cratloe in the final by the minimum of margins, 0-7 to 0-6.

During the 2000's, a huge development in Pairc Finne took place. A gym, sports hall, covered seated stand and second pitch were developed. In 2009, the main playing pitch was drained and sanded. It is hoped that the addition of a walking track and ball wall will complete this development. All this work has been driven by a man who has given his life-time to the club, as a player, mentor and officer - Willie Corbett.

2010's

Corofin captured the U-21 'B' Football Championship in 2011. They defeated Cooraclare and Kildysart-Coolmeen on the way to setting up a final meeting against Doonbeg, where they emerged victorious on a scoreline of Corofin 2-14 Doonbeg 1-6. Luke O'Loughlin captained this team, which was managed by Pat Malone, Douglas Hurley, Vincent McCarthy, Kieran Reidy, Seamus Clancy and Stevie Malone (First Aid).

Also in 2011, Corofin won the Junior 'B' League under the management of Fergal Neylon, Damien Ryan and John Keane. This team also had a great run in the Junior 'B' Championship, where they were evetually beaten by Clondegad at the semi-final stage, after extra-time in the replay.