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Letter to Father Hayes from Father J. McCarthy, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, thanking Muintir na Tíre for their invitation to the upcoming Rural Week at Mungret College and hoping he will be able to attend functions during the second part of the week.

Letter to Father Hayes from Mary Pennefather, Goolds Cross, Tipperary on behalf of Michael Ryan, a 17-year-old boy she has taken an interest in. She writes that due to a health issue he is unfit for labour but is very clever. She asks if Ryan can be admitted to a Christian Brothers school for free or for a small fee where he can be trained as a draughtsman or cabinetmaker, as his stepmother is kind but too poor to afford it.

Letter to Father Hayes from Michael Hanrahan, Doonbeg, County Clare, lamenting the problems exporting turf from north County Clare due to the lack of broad gauge railway in Clare and the removal of tracks across Ireland. He expresses dissatisfaction with local councils ('none of these people would be elected if anyone of reputation opposed them. It's an example of what the people think of this democratic age').

Letter to Father Hayes from T.F. O'Donnell & Co. Ltd., tea and wine importers, Dublin, informing him that the balance of his order of 3 hundredweight of coffee beans is now on hand.

Letter to Father Hayes from Walter H. Molony, Rathgar, Dublin, following up on his letter of the previous day (P134/12/1/1/4/191) expressing thanks to Father Hayes for helping him obtain a temporary position with the Department of Justice.

Letter to Father Hayes from Basil Clancy, Publications Manager, Cahill & Co. Ltd., enclosing two specially-bound copies of the 1942 Muintir na Tíre handbook [not attached].

Letter sent to James Ryan, Minister for Agriculture on behalf of Pat Kennedy, Thurles. The letter was sent from Loughmore, County Tipperary, and forged in Father Hayes' name. The letter states that Kennedy's brother Tom had to borrow £100 to prevent bailiffs from Clonmel from taking Pat's cows, and asks if it is possibly to get some of the money back. The letter was forwarded by the Department of Agriculture on behalf of Dr. Ryan to Father Hayes (see P134/12/1/1/4/197). The original envelope is attached.

Letter to Father Hayes from P. Miada, Limerick, writing that he has obtained an interview in Dublin for a permanent accountant position in the Council Office (see P134/12/1/1/4/121).

Telegram to Father Hayes from Sister Gertrude, Fairfield, New South Wales, Australia, stating 'Prayers serious operation Katie.'

Letter to Father Hayes from the Irish secretary of the Automobile Association noting that no reply has been received for Father Hayes' membership renewal and that it must be presumed that Father Hayes does not wish to renew his membership, in which case he must return his badge and telephone box key to the association.