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Letter to Father Hayes from Reverend Séamus Ó Ceallaigh, Joint Honorary Secretary, Muintir na Tíre Limerick City Executive, enclosing a list [not attached] of last year's students from Maynooth who are attend the upcoming Rural Week, along with those of some other attendees, and asks if bacon has been procured yet. The enclosing envelope is attached.

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.

First page of a letter to Father Hayes from an unidentified author, Limerick, on the letterhead of the Dáil Éireann noting that it is currently impossible to send Séamus O'Farrell to Rural Week and that both Father Hayes and O'Farrell will be disappointed by that. The rest of the letter is missing.

Letter to Father Hayes from Father N. Macauley, Holy Ghost Novitate, Kilshane, Tipperary, reminding Father Hayes 'Do not forget if you meet that gentleman who was willing to exchange sugar for tea, to mention my name to him. I am sure we could come to a suitable agreement.'

Letter to Father Hayes from J. Fitzgerald of the Department of Supplies. Father Hayes' vehicle was observed in Grafton Street, Dublin carrying passengers on 30 July 1942 (in violation of emergency motor regulations) and the department requests that Father Hayes state the purpose for which the vehicle was being used.

Letter to Father Hayes from Fergus J. Ryan, Honorary Secretary of the National Planning Conference, enclosing copies of their latest bulletin [not attached] and soliciting support and suggestions.

Letter to Father Hayes from A.W. McCluskey of T. McCluskey & Co., Cashel, offering to provide a quote for a Gas Producer Plant for the car of Muintir na Tíre secretary Barry Walsh.

Letter to Father Hayes from Denis A. O'Dwyer, headmaster, St. Ita's School, Newcastle West, County Limerick. O'Dwyer writes that the secondary school is a private enterprise founded in 1935 run by himself, a partner, and an assistant with an average attendance of 45 boys. He wishes to assist in introducing an agricultural bias into the secondary curriculum but feels restricted as a private school in competition with vocational schools and National Schools. O'Dwyer congratulates Hayes on the success of his symposium and Fireside Chat given over the past two days during Rural Week and notes that he is temporarily announcing at the Broadcasting Station and had the privilege of introducing the broadcasts.

Letter to Father Hayes from Daniel McGann, Darragh, County Clare, proposing a new banking system based 'on the principle of the Co-operative System.'

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').