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Typed copy of an unattributed tourism article on Dublin, c. 1930s.

Typed copy of Father Hayes' article 'Forty-Seven', published in the Muintir na Tíre Handbook 1947. In it, Father Hayes comments on the 100th anniversary of the most devastating year of the Irish famine ('Black '47') and warns that the same events may repeat themselves due to the effects of class warfare and the separation of religion from society. He posits the Muintir na Tíre parish guild as 'a guarantee of security and responsibility, a protection against class-warfare, a stimulus to duty and responsibility, a contribution to national stability and to the reconstruction and perfection of the social order.'

Reprint of an article by Abbé François Houtart, 'The Silent Revolution', originally published in Commonweal, vol. 93, no. 13 (July-August 1955): 55-66. The article deals with demographic change and the rise of Marxism in Latin America due to urbanisation.

Leaflet containing an article authored by Muintir na Tíre, 'How to Form a Parish Council', reprinted from the 28 June 1940 edition of The Standard.

First 10 pages of handwritten text of an undated draft of Lahy's 'Knocknagow Corner' column. '1959' is written on the front page but this is impossible as Canon Hayes passed in January 1957.

Text of an article from the September 1956 issue of The Landmark summarising the Muintir na Tíre Rural Week in Killarney, 11-19 August 1956.

Typed copy of Father Hayes' article 'Land League Memories', published in the Muintir na Tíre Handbook 1946. In it, Father Hayes celebrates the Irish National Land League, recalls his parents' eviction from their home in Murroe in 1882 during the Land War and his early childhood growing up in a crowded hut as a result, and quotes Archbishop Michael Browne of Galway in urging Ireland to 'value the land and the homesteads for which we fought' in the manner of Michael Davitt. See also P134/12/1/2/10/105/.

Typed copy of Father Hayes' article 'Land League Memories', published in the Muintir na Tíre Handbook 1946. In it, Father Hayes celebrates the Irish National Land League, recalls his parents' eviction from their home in Murroe in 1882 during the Land War and his early childhood growing up in a crowded hut as a result, and quotes Archbishop Michael Browne of Galway in urging Ireland to 'value the land and the homesteads for which we fought' in the manner of Michael Davitt. See also P134/12/1/2/4/14.

Clipping of an obituary written by 'a friend' for Denis Kirwan and printed in the Connacht Tribune, 24 October 1936 (the article uses the incorrect spelling of 'Dennis'). The obituary details Kirwan's 1934 visit to Russia among his many travels, and notes his staunch Catholicism.

Pages 1, 3 and 4 of an article written in French by Canon Brys of the Union internationale d'études sociales (International Union of Social Studies), Brussels, which warns of the dangers of state intervention in the social insurance system ('Social insurance, arising spontaneously from the intelligent will of self-help combined with a fraternal feeling of mutual aid, and guaranteed on the basis of personal responsibility and trust, runs the danger of being emptied of the active play of these moral and social values') and advocates for the ability of free choice in insurance, particularly health insurance. 'Per Dr. Lucey' (Cornelius Lucey, Bishop of Cork and Ross) is written on the top right corner of page 1.