[1] Until 1785 it was called The Hibernian Magazine or Compendium of Entertaining Knowledge (Containing, the greatest variety of the most curious and useful subjects in every branch of polite literature).

[3] From October 1772 until at least July 1773[n 1] Peter Seguin of St Stephen's Green published a rival version with differing format.

[4][5] Potts ceded in March 1774[n 1] to Thomas Walker, also of Dame Street,[6] who added his surname to the magazine's title in May 1785.

According to Tom Clyde, "very little of the creative writing is worth reading"; it often featured Orientalism and rarely Romanticism.

[12] With the onset of the Napoleonic Wars, news and patriotic coverage crowded out cultural and antiquarian content.