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Letter to Father Hayes from G. Heffernan, travel agent, Cork, letting him know that he has booked 24 persons for the Muintir na Tíre pilgrimage to Lourdes, France for 10 June, and that the party will be received by French authorities at the École nationale supérieure d'agronomie de Grignon, Thiverval-Grignon.

Letter to Father Hayes from James Joseph MacNamee, Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise, responding to a letter of 27 January 1954 from Father Hayes asking permission for Father Mark Mimnagh to come into Bishop MacNamee's diocese to organise Muintir na Tíre guilds. Bishop MacNamee writes that 'Your proposal is extremely unusual, but as it would afford me an opportunity to help Muintir na Tíre I will agree to it on certain conditions.' He also notes that while there is no vacancy for Father Mimnagh in his diocese at the moment, 'there might arise an occasion for his services any day'.

Letter to Father Hayes from Deirdre Courtney, Dublin, offering suggestions for ways to help Muintir na Tíre, particularly by collaborating with the Legion of Mary.

Letter to Father Hayes from the Very Reverend Conor Heaney, President, St. Jarlath's College, Tuam, who writes that there is no hope in getting the college to host that year's Rural Week due to floor renovation.

Letter to Father Hayes from Ina Condon, Honorary Secretary of the Irish Countrywomen's Association's Tallow Guild, County Waterford, asking Father Hayes to give a talk on 'Co-operation' to help 'improve the lot of the local town and rural community. Our trouble is that we have no Leader.'

Letter to Canon Hayes from Seán Fitzgibbon of Muintir na Tíre's Glenforne Guild, County Leitrim, noting that it was wonderful for him and 'the boys' to meet Father Hayes on his recent visit to Longford and Leitrim.

Letter to Canon Hayes from Denis Moynihan, Bishop of Kerry, congratulating Canon Hayes on being named canon.

Glenamoy, County Mayo, congratulating Canon Hayes on his promotion ('Even if they made you a Cardinal – and God knows you deserve that – I'd, and most other people would still call you Father Hayes'). He asks to have his address passed on so that he can be informed where Muintir na Tíre Rural Week takes place.

Letter from L. Rosefield, representative for Joseph Wells & Sons Ltd., firework manufacturers, proposing displays of fireworks for the feast day of Marian Royalty declared by Pope Pius XII for 1 November.

Correspondence between Canon Hayes and Myles McSwiney, Dublin. Includes:
-Letter to Canon Hayes from McSwiney noting that he will be in England and Scandinavia in the next two weeks. McSwiney asks if Muintir na Tíre has had contact with similar movements in Denmark or the Netherlands, as he will be travelling through those countries and is keen to see their rural agricultural operations (10 August 1954, 1p);
-Unsigned letter from Tom Fitzgerald on behalf of Canon Hayes to McSwiney, passing along the address of Reverend Th. H.J. Zwartkruis, Hageveld, Heemstede, Netherlands, who has attended Rural Weeks in the past and will introduce him to rural organisations in Holland (21 August 1954, 1p).