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Letter to Canon Hayes from 'W.R.' regarding the chemical engineering firm Sungmaster & Breyer ('Some months ago I interested a New York firm of chemical engineers in the possibility of Ireland manufacturing its own nitrogenous fertilizer, such as ammonium sulphate'). The author goes into the logistical details of operating such a plant. He writes that he has wrote about the idea to others who passed it up the line to Cemici Teo. but have heard nothing back. He believes getting Muintir na Tíre involved with the project 'will mark a turning point for the country because it will be an object lesson that people can do much more for themselves by acting intelligently in their common interests than any bureaucrats can do for them.'

Envelope (letter not attached) sent from Dublin to 'The Thing in Charge Muintir na Tíre (John of Bansha)'. In the return address space reads 'Formerly wanted in Rome/now wanted at Home'.

Letter to Canon Hayes from four children in Grangecon, County Wicklow: Seán Doyle, Claire Doody, Joseph Murphy, and Michael Doody. They write that their teacher, Mrs. Hill, 'said we were a nursery for Muintir na Tíre and calls us Paístí na Tíre, and talks to us about you and children all over Ireland.' They write that the village will be packed with children for St. Patrick's Day, that 'She is bringing over children from Dunlavin, Stratford, and Baltinglass', and that 'She told us she had a lovely Sunday in Lucan that she sat around the fire and chatted with everyone as she does here.'

Letter to Canon Hayes from John J. Ryan, Staten Island, New York, lamenting the lack of outhouses and poor sanitary conditions in Ireland, of which he is a native ('One good Sanitary Engineer would be of more value to Ireland than all the Writers & Poets produced in the last hundred years.'

Two letters sent to Canon Hayes from [illegible], St. Brigid's Church, Kildare, detailing the particulars for the inaugural meeting of the Kildare Guild of Muintir na Tíre to be held 14 March 1955 at with Canon Hayes will be speaking. The author details the expected turnout; the amount of interest in Muintir na Tíre shown by local clergy; and information on the parish, its clergy, its demographics and its main issues (8 March 1955, 5pp; 10 March 1955, 4pp).

Letter to Canon Hayes from Archbishop Gerald O'Hara, Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain and former Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland, declining an invitation to the Tipperary Men's Association Dinner in London on 18 April due to time commitments but hoping Canon Hayes will visit him at the Apostolic Delegation during his trip to London.

Letters to Canon Hayes from Angelo Bernardi, statuary manufacturer, Cork, regarding figures and a crucifix to be made. Includes:
-Letter from Bernardi stating that Canon Hayes can send for the figures and crucifix on 16 March and that the Secretary for the Tipperary County Council has a timber mould for making a cross that he feels the Council would have no objection in lending to Father Hayes (5 March 1955, 1p);
-Letter from Bernardi enclosing a sketch of the position of the bolt to be made in the back of the cross to install the crucifix, and asking how the figures and crucifix will be collected once completed (1 March 1955, 2p).

Letter to Canon Hayes from William Howard Taft III, United States Ambassador to Ireland, thanking him and his housekeeper, Mrs. Daly, for their hospitality during Taft's visit to Bansha., and looking forward to receiving Canon Hayes on his next visit to Dublin.

Letter to Canon Hayes from Billy O'Rourke (William O'Rourke Jnr) of Mineola, New York, a child whose teacher told the class to 'adopt' a priest and write to them. Billy found Canon Hayes' name in the Irish Advocate.

Letter to Canon Hayes from Maude L. Robins, Honorary Secretary, Royal National Life-Boat Institution, Irish District, Tipperary South Branch, thanking him for his assistance on Flag Day. Robins notes that Bansha contributed the most of any town in South Tipperary to the fund collection (£18).