''The Hibernia Magazine'' was a magazine published in Ireland, initially as a monthly magazine then fortnightly. The Magazine was started in 1937 had a Catholic ethos, being supported by the

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It was edited and owned by Basil Clancy from 1949 until January 1968 when John Mulcahy (who went on to own ''The Phoenix'') took over, when 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''.The death of a newspaper
The Broken Elbow, 8 February 2011. 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

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, Hugo Monro, Bruce Arnold, Ulick O'Connor,

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, Senator Alexis FitzGerald and Dr.

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. The writer

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wrote a travel column for the magazine. Other writers who made regular contributions included Francis Stuart,

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, John Banville and Coilin Toibin.

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