The History of Varden’s Pharmacy

Joe Varden Snr., a native of Tuam Co. Galway, qualified as a pharmacist in Dublin in 1953. It was while studying in Dublin he met his wife Gertie, a chiropodist. He managed pharmacies in Dublin and London, before he and Gertie and their six young children (later to become nine!!)  moved to Newmarket-on-Fergus in 1965 and opened his own pharmacy.

The original pharmacy operated from a premises on the Main Street opposite the Green with the family living in The Square.

He then moved the pharmacy to The Square, where the pharmacy is now located. In 1999, he handed over the reins to his son Joe Jnr. A major extension and renovation was done on the premises in 2002 and in 2006 we opened our pharmacy in Quin.