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Notes written by Canon Hayes, including mentions of the Last Supper.

Speeches, lectures, addresses, and papers written or collected by Canon Hayes, mainly pertaining to Muintir na Tíre and vocational organisation. Some addresses given on temperance are also included.

Notes written by Father Hayes for a lecture on John Green Hanning (1849-1908), an American cowboy who later became a Trappist monk. See also P134/12/1/1/3/37.

Three letters to the editor published in a newspaper written in response to an announcement of a lecture by Father Hayes entitled 'Whither Ireland' at St. Mary's Hall, Belfast on 25 February 1942. Includes:
-Letter from 'Amigo', in which the writer expresses his interest in Father Hayes' upcoming lecture, calls Irish cities 'swamps' as foreign countries cannot absorb the unemployed Irish diaspora ('the sour and leached') at the moment due to World War II, and states 'Father Hayes has proved himself to be a pioneer in rural reconstruction. Can he point the way to urban reconstruction?' (10 February 1942, 1p);
-Letter from 'One of the Sour and Leached' in response to the letter of 'Amigo', doubting that Father Hayes and Muintir na Tíre can succeed in preserving rural population where government policies have failed (11 February 1942, 1p);
-Letter from 'Amigo' in response to the letter from 'One of the Sour and Leached'. 'Amigo' notes that he writes from Northern Ireland, complains about the amount of money spent on imported food there despite being a part of the United Kingdom, and states that the only way to ensure a fair representation of each class of the community is by the formation of vocational groups like Muintir na Tíre (12 February 1942, 1p).

Notes written by Canon Hayes for a Muintir na Tíre lecture in Limerick.

Typed copy of an article by M.J. MacManus reflecting on Irish nationalism and the organisation of people of the countryside. The article begins by quoting both William Butler Yeats on his enthusiasm for the ideals of Irish tradition, and George William Russell (Æ) on his enthusiasm for rural Ireland as embodied in his participation in the Irish Agricultural Organisation Society founded by Horand Plunkett. MacManus concludes by tying Muintir na Tíre and its 'great work' into this tradition. A note appended to the front of the article reads 'Would Fr. Hayes' article be a commentary on this?'

Clipping from the 4 April 1942 edition of the Farmers' Gazette of a short editorial criticising Minister for Local Government and Public Health Seán MacEntee for sanctioning the construction of new homes in towns while rural school averages continue to decline. The author concludes that returning 'back to the land' is the only remedy and asks for God's protection of Ireland until people begin taking the preaching of Father Hayes seriously.

A paper submitted to the 1938 Muintir na Tíre Rural Week by Harold Robbins, founder of the Catholic Land Movement in England. Robbins notes the parallels between his movement and Muintir na Tíre in preserving rural Catholic culture. Robbins seeks to discredit industrialism 'by concrete example' and suggests founding a 'fully-developed village, self-sufficient in food, in crafts, in social life and in contentment, buttressed by the succours of the Church, reproducing itself as its success [becomes] known'; such a village would be closed to economic contact with the outside world and administered by a guild. Includes extensive annotations and highlighting of passages.

Article printed in the Farmers' Gazette by the writer 'Agricolae'. The author laments the abandonment of rural agriculture in favour of city and town development, notes the redundancy of cooperative creameries, and promotes the development of home dairying and the cessation of dairy imports. The article has been glued onto papers, annotated, and corrected. It is noted that the opinions expressed by the author 'have not necessarily the concurrence of Muintir na Tíre.'

Page 13 and 2 pages of typed addenda for a lecture on Muintir na Tíre. Page 13 mentions the recent founding of a Muintir na Tíre guild in Clonmel, 3 guilds in Cork, and the hope of founding a Munster Provincial Council by the end of the year. The first addenda quotes Philippe Pétain in his constant use of the words 'the Family and the Land' and states 'These are the foundations on which he hopes to build anew the Fatherland.' The second addenda makes note of Muintir na Tíre's organisational structure and lack of political affiliation. Includes annotations and corrections.