McCauley Chemists was founded in 1953 by the late G.B. McCauley M.P.S.I. who acquired the Brooke Kelly Pharmacy at 21 Rafter Street, which operated as a Pharmacy since the early 1900’s.  Over the next 35 years McCauley Chemists grew into a thriving enterprise.  Sam McCauley and his wife Leslie, both Pharmacists, joined the family business in 1978 maintaining the well-established ‘family Chemist’ culture, long nurtured by Sam’s parents and staff.

Sam McCauley Chemists Group currently operates 23 stores nationally, with a strong presence in Counties Carlow, Cork, Dublin, Kerry, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow. The Group employs over 570 staff and has an annual turnover in excess of Euro 85M.

Not long after the Kilkenny store opened in November 2001, it was onwards to the neighbouring County of Waterford with the addition of an impressive store opening at Broad Street, Waterford City in December 2001. This large store incorporates a prestigious Beauty Spa at first floor level, which has been widely acclaimed within the beauty industry.