Zine Scene Magazine Archive
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This is Greg McCartney's (an Abridged editor) little magazine archive for (mostly) old defunct Irish literary magazines. It's for education/research/enjoyment purposes and not for profit. Copyright remains with the original publishers/writers.
Afternoon. Added a few issues of Graphic to the archive. A very groovy mag, out of Dublin (I think) in the late 80s early 90s. Am missing a few issues, (3, 5 9, 10, not certain there were any more issues after 11) if anyone has them. See them at oldzinescene.com for free!
February 11, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Afternoon. Added a few issues of Graphic to the archive. A very groovy mag, out of Dublin (I think) in the late 80s early 90s. Am missing a few issues, (3, 5 9, 10, not certain there were any more issues after 11) if anyone has them. See them at oldzinescene.com for free!
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One of our own has a little online Irish literary mag archive. Give him a like/follow!
Afternoon. A few things have been added to the Archive. Some perhaps lesser known mags of the 1980s and 90s. The importance of magazines is not just for the big names but also for the first time appearing or the person that hasn't got published in ages. Read them at www.oldzinescene.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:00 PM
One of our own has a little online Irish literary mag archive. Give him a like/follow!
Afternoon. A few things have been added to the Archive. Some perhaps lesser known mags of the 1980s and 90s. The importance of magazines is not just for the big names but also for the first time appearing or the person that hasn't got published in ages. Read them at www.oldzinescene.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Afternoon. A few things have been added to the Archive. Some perhaps lesser known mags of the 1980s and 90s. The importance of magazines is not just for the big names but also for the first time appearing or the person that hasn't got published in ages. Read them at www.oldzinescene.com
Afternoon. Added the three Soundings issues from the early 1970s. Two were edited by Seamus Heaney, the third by Jimmy Simmons. An Annual Anthology of New Irish Writing is the tagline. Mostly Male New Irish Writing it has to be said. Anyways read them at oldzinescene.com/collections/... for free!
January 12, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Afternoon. Added the three Soundings issues from the early 1970s. Two were edited by Seamus Heaney, the third by Jimmy Simmons. An Annual Anthology of New Irish Writing is the tagline. Mostly Male New Irish Writing it has to be said. Anyways read them at oldzinescene.com/collections/... for free!
Though not in the archive, here's an early 1970s newspaper review of some Honest Ulsterman pamphlets. The reviewer wasn't too impressed, even by the work of some rather famous names...
January 9, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Though not in the archive, here's an early 1970s newspaper review of some Honest Ulsterman pamphlets. The reviewer wasn't too impressed, even by the work of some rather famous names...
Afternoon. The first two copies of The Northern Review, from mid-1960s Belfast has been added to the Archive. It was a really impressive, if an expensive magazine. Plus some ephemera. Read them at oldzinescene.com/collections/... for free. If anyone has a copy of the third issue, give me a shout!
January 9, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Afternoon. The first two copies of The Northern Review, from mid-1960s Belfast has been added to the Archive. It was a really impressive, if an expensive magazine. Plus some ephemera. Read them at oldzinescene.com/collections/... for free. If anyone has a copy of the third issue, give me a shout!
Happy New Year. And happy 80th birthday to Irish Writing! Today's add to the archive is the first issue of Irish Writing from 1946. Read it at oldzinescene.com/items/show/73 for free!
January 2, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Happy New Year. And happy 80th birthday to Irish Writing! Today's add to the archive is the first issue of Irish Writing from 1946. Read it at oldzinescene.com/items/show/73 for free!
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Afternoon. One of us has a small (but growing!) online archive. Follow the project at @oldzinescene.bsky.social and you'll see pieces of Irish (and occasionally other) literary history! #Irishmagazines #irishpoetry #irishliterature
December 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Afternoon. One of us has a small (but growing!) online archive. Follow the project at @oldzinescene.bsky.social and you'll see pieces of Irish (and occasionally other) literary history! #Irishmagazines #irishpoetry #irishliterature
From 1980s Belfast...Anybody know who the Editor was? Read it at oldzinescene.com/items/show/72 for free!
December 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
From 1980s Belfast...Anybody know who the Editor was? Read it at oldzinescene.com/items/show/72 for free!
And from 1994... An issue of The Big Spoon. Again from Queen's University, Belfast. Read it at oldzinescene.com/items/show/71 for free!
December 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
And from 1994... An issue of The Big Spoon. Again from Queen's University, Belfast. Read it at oldzinescene.com/items/show/71 for free!
From 1941, Queen's University, Belfast. The New Northman, formally the Northman, then The Northman again! Read it at oldzinescene.com/items/show/70 for free!
December 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
From 1941, Queen's University, Belfast. The New Northman, formally the Northman, then The Northman again! Read it at oldzinescene.com/items/show/70 for free!
An issue of The Lace Curtain (the final issue I think) from 1978 is now online at oldzinescene.com/items/show/60 and free to read! #irishpoetrymagazine
December 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
An issue of The Lace Curtain (the final issue I think) from 1978 is now online at oldzinescene.com/items/show/60 and free to read! #irishpoetrymagazine
One more for today. A copy of the Gown from 1984....Some familiar faces! Read it at oldzinescene.com/items/show/59 for free.
December 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
One more for today. A copy of the Gown from 1984....Some familiar faces! Read it at oldzinescene.com/items/show/59 for free.
Afternoon. Here's a slightly obscure mag (with a great name) from 1959. Nonplus only lasted for 4 issues but had some very well known names in its pages. This issue will be of interest to Patrick Kavanagh and Flann O'Brien fans in particular...Read it at oldzinescene.com/items/show/57 for free.
December 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Afternoon. Here's a slightly obscure mag (with a great name) from 1959. Nonplus only lasted for 4 issues but had some very well known names in its pages. This issue will be of interest to Patrick Kavanagh and Flann O'Brien fans in particular...Read it at oldzinescene.com/items/show/57 for free.
Though the Archive is for Irish (or related) literary magazines in the main, I'll also add some interesting stuff from elsewhere. This is the first copy of Gemini and features one Sylvia Plath (I'm a fan) plus other names you might recognise. Read it at oldzinescene.com/items/show/56 for free.
December 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Though the Archive is for Irish (or related) literary magazines in the main, I'll also add some interesting stuff from elsewhere. This is the first copy of Gemini and features one Sylvia Plath (I'm a fan) plus other names you might recognise. Read it at oldzinescene.com/items/show/56 for free.
Some new (old) magazines have been added to the Archive, mainly Northern Irish mags from the 40s - 90s. Read them at oldzinescene.com for free. If anyone has issues of Quarto, North (the Belfast magazine) or any Irish others no longer published and would like to send them to us, let me know sure.
December 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Some new (old) magazines have been added to the Archive, mainly Northern Irish mags from the 40s - 90s. Read them at oldzinescene.com for free. If anyone has issues of Quarto, North (the Belfast magazine) or any Irish others no longer published and would like to send them to us, let me know sure.
A few issues of North magazine have been added. From Belfast in the 1980s...if anyone has any other copies send them my way and I'll scan and return them. Ta! Read them at oldzinescene.com for free!
November 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
A few issues of North magazine have been added. From Belfast in the 1980s...if anyone has any other copies send them my way and I'll scan and return them. Ta! Read them at oldzinescene.com for free!
Here's a Quarto from 1987 with a slightly grouchy looking Paul Durcanon the cover...Read it at oldzinescene.com/items/show/23 for free! These are hard to come by nowadays. If anybody has copies they'd like to sent so we can scan and return, we'd be grateful! Ta!
November 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Here's a Quarto from 1987 with a slightly grouchy looking Paul Durcanon the cover...Read it at oldzinescene.com/items/show/23 for free! These are hard to come by nowadays. If anybody has copies they'd like to sent so we can scan and return, we'd be grateful! Ta!
From 1963, the first issue of New Ireland, mostly a political journal but containing familiar Irish literary names. Anyone know who the editor was? Read it at oldzinescene.com/items/show/21 for free!
November 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
From 1963, the first issue of New Ireland, mostly a political journal but containing familiar Irish literary names. Anyone know who the editor was? Read it at oldzinescene.com/items/show/21 for free!
Spectrum was a Science/Tech/Engineering mag from Queen's University in Belfast. It included some 'Science Fiction' so falls into our remit. This issue is from 1967 so may be of interest to tech nostalgists also! See it at oldzinescene.com/items/show/20 for free!
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Spectrum was a Science/Tech/Engineering mag from Queen's University in Belfast. It included some 'Science Fiction' so falls into our remit. This issue is from 1967 so may be of interest to tech nostalgists also! See it at oldzinescene.com/items/show/20 for free!
The first mag is on the new Archive. It is a copy of Ireland Today from 1937. Read it at oldzinescene.com for free! #Irishliterature #poetry #art #Ireland #history
November 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The first mag is on the new Archive. It is a copy of Ireland Today from 1937. Read it at oldzinescene.com for free! #Irishliterature #poetry #art #Ireland #history
Coming soon on www.oldzinescene.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Coming soon on www.oldzinescene.com