[3] One of the earliest references to Corduff is in a document from the reign of Edward VI, dated 2 August 1547, which records a "lease to James Walshe of London, gent., of the rectory of Malahydert, County Dublin, and the tithes &c. in Malahydert, Culduff, Bossardston, Pasloweston...Tyrrolstown, Abbatiston..."[citation needed] The name for Corduff and the area has varied over time.

In the Civil Survey, compiled in the mid-1650s is found a notice of "Colduff, ½ a plowland, 143 acres (0.58 km2), [property of] Will.

There is upon ye premisses a stone house slated, one barne and stable tathct, severall cottages ... a small orchard and garden with a grove of ash trees, one mill in use worth Anno 1640 ten pounds per annum.

These name forms likely represented the Irish Cúil Dubh, which is translated roughly as 'the black place' – possibly referring to the colour of the soil.

The pit-like depression the River Tolka runs through, or some elevated part of the townland which would have been more apparent before the area was built over.

[6] He emigrated to France as a young man along with his brothers John and William and joined the Irish Brigade of the French army as a volunteer captain.

[citation needed] On 1 December 1974, two showhouses were built in Edgewood Lawns as the starting point for Corduff as the No.1 "Neighbourhood Area" in the Blanchardstown Development Plan.

[citation needed] Corduff is a parish in the Blanchardstown deanery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin.

In the 19th century, the Roman Catholic parish of Blanchardstown encompassed much of the area now within the Dublin 15 postal district.

Following the relaxation of the penal laws, it became possible for Catholic adherents to consider the construction of additional churches and to repair the existing stock of religious buildings.