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Unsorted speech notes written by Father Hayes that have become detached from their original documents.

Lectures, broadcasts, and articles written and/or collected by Canon Hayes, as well as point-form speech notes. Topics include the Commission on Vocational Organisation, rural Ireland and wealth inequality, and the Muintir na Tíre Parish Plan for Agriculture.

Published synopsis of the First Irish Catholic Total Abstinence Congress, held 24-26 June 1914 in Dublin. The Catholic Total Abstinence Federation of Ireland was established at the Congress, whose meetings took place at the Mansion House. The synopsis describes the various meetings and speeches held and given during the Congress.

Membership & prayer card issued to members of the Apostolic Union of Secular Priests, an association of Roman Catholic secular priests (i.e., priests who are not monastics and do not belong to any religious institute). The front page of the card, indicating the name and diocese of the member priest and the date of issue, has not been filled.

Text of a lecture given by Father Hayes on the work of the Commission on Vocational Organisation, on which he was a sitting member. Father Hayes notes that 'the Commission in its wisdom decided that rural life and agriculture would work hand in hand' and uses this point to advocate for vocational organisation based on the 'County Catholic Parish'. He then speaks on the proposed structure of vocational organisation from the parish level all the way up to the national level.

Text of a lecture given by Father Hayes on the role Catholic women and girls can play in public life in line with the call of Pope Pius XII 'not to remain aloof from public life but to go into action, each in her own way to join in stemming the tides which threaten the home.' Father Hayes lauds the role women play in Muintir na Tíre parish councils and hopes that this will lead to 'a formidable number of those Independent lady T.D.'s... ...and let us hope a few lady Ministers of State.' He describes various projects that have been carried out by women's sections of Muintir na Tíre guilds, advocates rural development and electrification as a way to keep women in the countryside, and laments the influence of 'American and English materialism, frivolity, worldliness' in the media which he believes is leading to a loss of Irish patriotism.

Text of the generic lecture Father Hayes would give at meetings where Muintir na Tíre parish guilds were to be formed, describing the mission, vision, and organisational structure of Muintir na Tíre.

A one-page excerpt of a text in which Father Hayes laments the neglect of rural people by modern society, which has led to decadence and the relegation of agriculturalists to third-class citizenship. Includes annotations and corrections.

3 pages of point-form speech headings and short notes for an address on Muintir na Tíre given by Father Hayes to an unidentified meeting at Wexford.

Pages 4 through 9 of an lecture given by Father Hayes on Muintir na Tíre describing its mission, accomplishments, and organisational structure. Includes annotations and corrections.