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There was a time when Galway was known primarily for its merchant trading, its traditional musical and creative community and its thriving fishing industry. But in recent decades, the City of Tribes has charted a new course, becoming an unexpected yet vibrant hub for tech innovation in Ireland's western seaboard.

There was a time when Galway was known primarily for its merchant trading, its traditional musical and creative community and its thriving fishing industry. But in recent decades, the City of Tribes has charted a new course, becoming an unexpected yet vibrant hub for tech innovation in Ireland’s western seaboard.

In May 1971, it was reported that US computer manufacturer, Digital Equipment Corporation (known here simply as DEC) had chosen Galway for its first hardware manufacturing base in Europe because of the availability of an English speaking workforce, a favourable tax policy, a local university, and the anticipated entry of Ireland into the EEC.