Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 2: Biographies of Priests on the Australian Scene up to 1900, 1980, p 82:

Corcoran, Cornelius, Irish
Corcorans on this A to Z list are numerous and almost as tantalizing to the researcher as the Moores - four of whom with the name of Patrick came to Victoria in the last century, and kept changing their distinguishing second Christian name every few years. Cornelius, however, is a straight-forward case for detail, except that we know very little about his character and achievement. He was born at Kilmichael, County Cork, on 6 January 1869. The parents were John and Honora (nee Cooney). He came to Blackrock College for higher studies in 1883, remaining until 1888. He then went for theological studies to Paris and was ordained in 1892. The Holy Ghost Fathers had some expectations that he would enter their Order, but this wasn't to be for he opted to join the Hobart Diocese. And so he arrived in Hobart in the company of Bishop Daniel Murphy on 24 November 1892. The first few years seem to have been spent at Latrobe on the north-west corner of the State. By 1896 he had acquired a lone mission at Stanley, transferring from there to the rather apathetic Brighton area. The stay there was to last 17 years, and if at times the Directories of that period assign him to Richmond, it could be that Richmond was serviced from Brighton or vice versa. The circumstances surrounding his early death at the age of 47 on 24 March 1916 are unknown.
(Footprints, Vol. 2, No. 10)
Ref.: MDHC File, Torquay, per Fr John Ryan CSSp., Blackrock College, Dublin.