The Hibernia Magazine


The Hibernia Magazine was a magazine published in Ireland, initially as a monthly magazine then as a fortnightly magazine.
The Magazine was started in 1937 had a Catholic ethos being supported by the Knights of Columnbanus, it was edited and owned by Basil Clancy from 1949 until January 1968 when John Mulcahy took over, and it became politically left-wing and republican.
The Magazine ceased publication in 1980, after it was sued by the RUC, following its closure, Mulcahy went on to set up the Sunday Tribune.
Over the years a number of public figures in Ireland contributed to the magazine, the economist Raymond Crotty, the TD Ernest Blythe and Proinsias MacAonghusa, others include agony aunt Angela McNamara, journalists Terry Keane, Hugo Monro, Bruce Arnold, Ulick O’Connor, Senator Alexis FitzGerald and Dr. Maurice Manning. The writer Maeve Binchy wrote a travel column for the magazine, other writers who made regular contributions included Francis Stuart, Seamus Heaney, John Banville and Coilin Toibin.