The Surgery was established on November 1st 1940 by Dr Patrick Heraughty and was originally located on The Mall. Dr Heraughty was then joined by his son Domhnall who in turn was joined by  Dr Roddy Quinn, Dr Siobhan McCormack and Nurse Pauline McLoughlin. As time went on they were also joined by Nurse Nicola Raftery, Dr Peter O'Shaughnessy, Dr David O'Connor, Dr Grace Traynor and Dr Katie McAnena.