Interesting Facts About Waterford
1. Waterford is the oldest city in Ireland. The walled city was founded by Vikings in 914 A.D.
2. Waterford was once the Wine Capital of Ireland
3. The tricolour Irish Flag was flown for the very first time in Waterford City
4. A Waterford clergyman, Luke Wadding was the person responsible for establishing St. Patrick's Day as a national feast day in the mid-17th century.
5. Waterford city is the only place in Ireland where both the Protestant and Catholic cathedrals were built by the same man, John Roberts
6. The Father of Modern Chemistry himself, Robert Boyle was born in Waterford
7. The River Suir, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Waterford is Europe’s fastest flowing river
8. The well known phrase ‘by hook or by crook’ originated here from the place names Hook and Crooke when a British soldier vowed that his armies would take Waterford ‘by Hook or by Crooke’.
9. Waterford Glass is the original and best glass in the World
10. Ryan-Air operated in Waterford Airport before becoming what it is today
Economic Facts About Waterford
1. Waterford’s economy is driven by Advanced manufacturing, Bio-pharma, Fintech, ICT as well as emerging opportunities in Tourism and Agricultural Technology
2. There are 26,625 companies operating in the Waterford City Region
3. A new 12,800sqm Computing and Engineering building to be built on the SETU campus allows the region to further consolidate its position as a leader in High-Tech Manufacturing and the Digital Economy.
4. The ICT ecosystem in the Waterford City Region is populated with a complete support network including the Walton Institute for Information and Communication System Science (formerly TSSG) research Centre of Excellence at SETU, Crystal Valley Tech cluster, Suir Capital Ventures, NDRC and ArcLabs
5. There are now over 120 ICT companies in the region with ongoing global success including Nearform, developers of the largest global COVID19 Tracker app.
6. The medical technology company Schivo Medical is also based here
7. The IT company Infosys (Infosys BPM) operates out of Waterford as well
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