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Text of the address given by Father Hayes at a meeting to found a guild of Muintir na Tíre in Wexford. He states that 'My experience is that about 97 per cent of the people are interested in very little outside [themselves] and on how many things react on themselves. We have to depend on small numbers.'

2 copies of an address given by Father Hayes in Lucan promoting Muintir na Tíre, its belief in Christian charity and social justice, and the accomplishments of its guilds, particularly with regards to their potato schemes. Includes annotations and corrections. The second copy is missing the final two pages.

Draft of an address given by Father Hayes in Waterford promoting Muintir na Tíre, its roots in Catholic social order, and the accomplishments of its guilds, which numbered over 80 at the time of the address. Includes annotations and corrections.

Text of an address in which Father Hayes notes the failure of the two world wars to achieve peace and laments the rise of globalism ('bigger empires, bigger factories, bigger cities, and bigger bombs'). Father Hayes then promotes vocationalism, Muintir na Tíre, and the Parish Plan for Agriculture. Includes annotations and corrections; numerous passages have been crossed out entirely.

Draft of an address (with annotations and corrections) by Father Hayes on Muintir na Tíre, its missions, and accomplishments. Includes 3pp of addenda, including the text of an address to the Bray Guild.

Text of a standard address on Muintir na Tíre given by Father Hayes during 1941. Includes annotations. Most of the pages are heavily stained with ink.

Address given by Father Hayes on Muintir na Tíre in a location in the Archdiocese of Tuam with the intention of expanding Muintir na Tíre into the west of Ireland. Father Hayes explains the mission, proposed structure, and history of Muintir na Tíre, talks about the accomplishments of the Tipperary Guild, and notes the new guilds forming elsewhere across Ireland and support received from the clergy. He credits branches of the Catholic Young Men's Society as being 'the power behind our guilds'.

Text written by Father Hayes for an address to the parish guild of Muintir na Tíre at Athboy, County Meath. Father Hayes thanks John D'Alton, the new Bishop of Meath, for his support, and notes that he began his career as a priest in this diocese in 1913.

Text of a standard address by Father Hayes on Muintir na Tíre, including its mission and function.

Typed draft of an address on Muintir na Tíre given by Father Hayes at Thurles. He implores the attendees to not wait until after World War II to work together within their parish, and that parish councils will provide the spiritual outlook needed to support a national agriculture. Father Hayes also notes that the Thurles guild has not had the success they would have desired in their first year but that 'with a year's education behind you of what a war may bring, you may face the situation with a better spirit and with a stronger will.' Includes annotations and corrections.