Also known as "The Gateway to the Burren" or "The Angler's Paradise", Corofin is the birthplace of renowned Irish painter Frederick William Burton.
In 1876 a bequest of 94 paintings, mainly by Dutch artists but also including works by Pollaiuolo, Bouts and Canaletto, was made by the haberdasher Wynne Ellis.
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Sir Frederic William Burton RHA (8 April 1816 – 16 March 1900) was an Irish painter born in Corofin, County Clare.
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