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Letter to Father Hayes from Joseph Hynes of Jackson Brothers Ltd., engineers and merchants, Athy, wishing to collaborate with Muintir na Tíre on building his design for a home exerciser targeted at helping the recovery of polio victims, particularly children. Hynes states that proceeds from this could helps build a fund to assists the children of rural workers afflicted with the disease. Hynes also wishes not to have his name mentioned with the proposal as it is a charitable effort and not for commercial publicity.

Letter from Father Hayes to his secretary, Tom Fitzgerald, sent from Our Lady Star of the Sea, Hastings, Sussex. Father Hayes notes that: he arrived in Hastings the night before; J.J. Bergin has gone to Canada for the World Ploughing Championship and he wishes to find out where in Canada so that he may write Bergin; and to tell Mrs. Daly (his housekeeper) that 'we arrived'.

Letter to Father Hayes from Father Raymond J. de Jaegher, Louvain (Leuven), Belgium, enclosing a copy of his book on communism, 'The Enemy Within' (not attached), noting how glad he was to have met Father Hayes during his visit to Ireland, and wishing him well with his work.

Letter to Father Hayes from Martin J. Walsh, fishing lure manufacturer of Clarksburg, West Virginia. Having read about Father Hayes in the Saturday Evening Post ('The Irish Go It Alone' by Ernest O. Hauser, vol. 226, no. 17, 24 October 1953), Walsh offers to send Father Hayes a kit of lures if he likes to fish and is willing to send a beginner's kit if someone in Bansha wishes to learn the art of fly tying and possibly start their own business.

Letter to Father Hayes from Eunice L. Royston, Eugene, Oregon. Mrs. Royston read about Father Hayes in the Saturday Evening Post ('The Irish Go It Alone' by Ernest O. Hauser, vol. 226, no. 17, 24 October 1953), and hopes to visit Ireland within the next decade. She asks Father Hayes if knows of a woman her age (34) who could write to her so that she may know someone in Ireland when visits.

Letter to Father Hayes from Patrick J. Hayes, San Antonio, Texas, who read about Father Hayes in the Saturday Evening Post ('The Irish Go It Alone' by Ernest O. Hauser, vol. 226, no. 17, 24 October 1953). Originally from Massachusetts, he wonders if he could possibly be related to Father Hayes; both of his parents were from County Cork and he has lost trace of any other relatives.

Letter to Father Hayes from John J. Kyne, St. Bernard's Church, Eureka, California. Kyne writes that he is a friend of Michael Flynn 'who had your permission to use recorder with Ciaran' and asks Father Hayes if he would like to have his wire transcriptions made in New York transcribed on tape so that they can still be used.

Letter to Father Hayes from Father Jerome Kevin Toner, St. Mary's Priory, Tallaght, Dublin, writing that he is ready to take on the editor position of The Landmark, although he must ask for permission from his superior first.

Copy of a letter Father Hayes sent to the Saturday Evening Post magazine in the United States following up on the article 'The Irish Go It Alone' by Ernest O. Hauser, published in vol. 226, no. 17, 24 October 1953. Father Hayes was one of the people interviewed and pictured for the article. Hayes thanks the Post for an 'excellent article' and writes that: Hauser made an excellent impression and 'we hope he will return'; there is a mistake in calling our playing fields here 'soccer fields' as they are Gaelic fields meant for National Games; the article evoked some strong letters to him from Irish expatriates; Muintir na Tíre now exists on both sides of the Irish border; 'Would the Irish of all shades in U.S.A. help us in this work.'

Letter to Father Hayes from Mother Mary, Medical Missionaries of Mary, Our Lady of Lourdes, Drogheda. She thanks Father Hayes for the calendar he sent, notes that the building of their hospital is coming along well, and asks him to send literature.