Join us from 18-20 August for Heritage Week at RCSI.

From Apothecaries to Innovation: The Story of Pharmacy in Ireland

Join RCSI as we launch the Hayes, Conyngham and Robinson Pharmacy archive for Heritage Week 2025, a remarkable and newly digitised collection chronicling the story of one of Ireland’s most iconic pharmacy chains.

Founded in 1897, Hayes, Conyngham and Robinson group grew from a family-run shop into one of the country’s largest Irish-owned pharmacy chains. This extensive archive provides an extraordinary window into over 100 years of Irish medical, commercial, and social history.

From hand-written formula books and materia medica to photographs, ephemera, and personal papers, the archive captures the essence of Irish pharmaceutical practice – from its grassroots origins to modern times. The collection reveals the people, politics, and pioneering science that shaped the industry – through times of peace, war, rebellion, and modern-day innovation.

Join us in RCSI for this fascinating talk revealing the story of pharmacy in Ireland which will take place on Tuesday, 19 August from 12:30-1:30pm.

Register here to attend the talk

Tours of 123 St Stephen's Green

We will also be running a series of guided tours of our historic buildings on St Stephen's Green on Monday, 18 and Wednesday, 20 August from 12:30pm.

Tours will explore the role RCSI has played in both local and international history, from its formation in the eighteenth-century to the 1916 Rising, through two pandemics and two world wars.

Register here to attend a RCSI history tour

The tours and talk will take place in RCSI’s historic home on 123, St Stephen’s Green.

 

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Seachtain Náisiúnta na hOidhreachta in RCSI Táimid ag tnúth le fáilte a chur romhat chun páirt a ghlacadh i Seachtain Náisiúnta na hOidhreachta 2025 agus ár mbunchlocha a fhiosrú.