Article written by Father Hayes (evidently for an Irish-American audience) on the Irish general election of 9 June 1927, specifically regarding the conduct of parties and candidates who did not make their intentions clear as to whether they supported or opposed the Oath of Allegiance. Father Hayes writes 'It is a pity that the clear issue could not be put before the people, without being crossed by party aims.' He writes that without the threat of war by England, the majority of Irish would vote for the removal of the oath. Father Hayes also laments the 'abandonment' of the Catholic population in Northern Ireland and that the boundary does not reflect the actual geographic distribution of the wishes of the inhabitants ('If, then, to appease the non-Irish section of the North East, this clause was rendered useless, surely to appease the consciences of a large section of our own people, the faithfulness to King George could also be eliminated.) He proclaims that in Cumann na nGaedheal and Fianna Fáil 'we have the best of our Irishmen... Let those two principle[sic] sections come together again... ...it is up to them to unite again and thus bring to a happy completion the results of their fight for freedom'. Father Hayes concludes by writing that over 90 percent of TDs were Catholic and 'Perhaps this unifying principle of religion may yet bring unity in our political struggles.'
Clipping of an article, 'People Pawning Their Rights', from the 11 April 1955 Irish Times and affixed to official Irish Press clipping card. The article summarises Canon Hayes' address to a Muintir na Tíre Rural Week planning meeting in Waterford warning of the dangers of state encroachment on people's responsibilities.
Article submitted for an upcoming 'Knocknagow Corner' column in the January 1957 issue of The Landmark. 'Lahy' writes about the value of New Year's resolution, the Suez Crisis, and the evils of communism in lieu of the failed Hungarian Revolution.
Article submitted for an upcoming 'Knocknagow Corner' column in the July 1955 issue of The Landmark. This was Canon Hayes' first article under the Phil Lahy pseudonym in four years. It provides a humorous explanation for Lahy's absence before lamenting developments in the modern world over the previous four years. Includes enclosing letter.
Pages 1, 2, 6, and 7 of a handwritten draft of an article, 'The Road to the Congress', written by Father Hayes for the Irish Independent, where a condensed version was published as 'An Irish Pilgrim's Path to World Eucharistic Congress', 4 October 1934. Father Hayes writes about some of his experiences in Spain and Portugal en route to the 34th International Eucharistic Congress held in Buenos Aires, 10-14 October 1934.
Article by Canon Hayes on the role of voluntary organisations in building community over and above that of government actions.
Journal article, 'The Stone-Built Ringfort Entrance at Cahirvagliair, Cappeen, Co. Cork' by Conleth Manning, The Journal of Irish Archaeology, Volume 4 (1987/1988), pp. 37-54.
Text of Lahy's 'Knocknagow Corner' column from the October 1956 issue of The Landmark, reflecting on the overuse of the phrase 'it is a pity' and advocating looking on the bright side of things.
Article by Edward McNulty, Dublin, decrying the modern education system including the uselessness of the topics taught, physical punishment, the overworking of teacher, the domestic environments in which children are reared, and the influence of modern entertainment. McNulty states 'that the average schoolchild to-day is an unashamed barbarian, often unclean in person and conversation and a lust for cruelty and destruction.'
Draft of an article describing an address by Father Hayes to the annual general meeting of the Tipperary Guild of Muintir na Tíre [see also P134/12/1/2/11/54]. The report notes the inauguration of a tillage scheme that has been adopted all over Ireland, a turf farming scheme for the unemployed, and the opening of a lime kiln at Ballinilard. The text is heavily annotated and corrected.