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<!-- EDIT BELOW THIS THE SUGARBEET FACTORY IN TUAM The sugarbeet factory was the mainstay in Tuam town and the surrounding countryside up to the 1980's as it provided employment for people in the town and also for the people in the farming community.

The Sugarbeet factory went into decline in the 1960's and other smaller industries began to developed.

The 1970's saw the development of the first industrial estates in Tuam Co.Galway on the weir Rd just off the N17. The enable local industrial such as Western Refrigeration, Bontex, Home-lee Bedding and a number of other businesses to expand and provide greater employment for people in the area.

With the closure of the Sugarbeet Factory in January 1987, unemployment in the Tuam area at its highest level with a total of 28.8% of population being out of work at one point.