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Letter from Frances P. Condell of the Limerick Blood Transfusion Service asking for Canon Hayes' assistance in organising the 1955 Blood Donation Session in Bansha in June.

Letter from Bill Roe, Rathmines, Dublin, regarding editorials for Muintir na Tíre publications. The top left fifth of the page is missing, including part of the text. Roe asks Canon Hayes if he has any poems that can be published under a pen name.

Envelope from John P. Kissane, optician & chemist, Tipperary, prepared for Canon Hayes. The envelope contains a slip of paper with a prescription issued by P. Hogan, Cashel.

Correspondence between Canon Hayes and Alicia J. Frealy, an Irish nurse living in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. Includes:
-Letter to Canon Hayes from Nurse Frealy, who writes: that she has talked to Dom Bernard O'Dea about the possibility of Canon Hayes making a trip to the United States; that 'Monsignor Temple will be invaluable in the [New York] area as he is well known & influential' with regards to Muintir na Tíre of America; and that she prays many regional councils will result. She provides updates on her local Muintir na Tíre council in New Jersey, including a dance they are holding on 29 January 1956. The letter has been misdated as 1955 (4 January 1956, 4pp);
-Letter to Nurse Frealy from Canon Hayes, who thanks her, her helpers, and her supporters for their work (21 January 1956, 1p).

Letter to Canon Hayes from Peter McCarthy on the letterhead of O'Dea & Co. Ltd. furniture manufacturers and retailers, Dublin, congratulating Canon Hayes on the grant Muintir na Tíre is about to receive from the American government. McCarthy asks Canon Hayes to send a list of furniture items required for the new Muintir na Tíre headquarters so that he can see what can be done. The top left fifth of the page is detached.

Lettercard sent to Canon Hayes by David Logan, British Member of Parliament for Liverpool Scotland, writing that Parliament convenes on 24 January and he shall attend to the case of John O'Toole of Rathmines, Dublin regarding his pension claim for serving with the Shanghai Municipal Council (see P134/12/1/1/1/138, P134/12/1/1/1/142, and P134/12/1/1/1/143)

Letter to Canon Hayes from Honora F. Smith, volunteer and Muintir na Tíre organiser based in Ardara, County Donegal. She writes about her efforts to start a Muintir na Tíre guild in the area, and how she has been volunteering with the poor along the West Donegal coast at the behest of the local bishop, including holding five Christmas parties for children. Smith also asks Canon Hayes for large amounts of Muintir na Tíre literature for her to distribute among the local population.

Letter to Canon Hayes from Jimmy O'Donnell, London, following up on his letter of 29 December (see P134/12/1/1/10/237) regarding attracting British firms to invest in rural Ireland. O'Donnell thanks Canon Hayes for his recent letter enclosing details of the Bansha factory and asks 'Do you want me to wish me to contact Mr. Holloway regarding sales or rents?' He also notes that the number of organisations already existing

Letter to Canon Hayes from Mary O'Brien, Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada, enclosing literature on credit unions [not attached]. O'Brien writes that her Catholic parish is struggling to build a school in Oak Bay and their church is too small for their congregation. She notes that most food there is bought from the store rather than grown, and most people drop everything to do go to sports on Sundays. She notes that high school children in British Columbia are taught how to conduct meetings according to procedure and 'how to speak out for what they believe. This training, it seems to me, would do much to counteract the secrecy, whispering & timidity of the present generation, The British are gone now, so what are they always afraid of?'

Letter to Canon Hayes from James Healy, Honorary Secretary, St. Patrick's Day Society, Clonmel, enclosing a circular setting out the society's aims and objects, which include the revival of the annual pilgrimage to St. Patrick's Well and improvements to the well and the surrounding historic site. The society is appealing to Canon Hayes to become a patron.