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Unsigned letter from Canon Hayes to Company Sergeant O'Neill and Lieutenant McQuillan, Kickham Barracks, Clonmel, asking them to send boxers to participate in Muintir na Tíre's Civic Week boxing tournament in Bansha.

Letter from Canon Hayes on Muintir na Tíre letterhead to David Logan, Member of Parliament for Liverpool Scotland, asking him to help John O'Toole of Rathmines, Dublin regarding his pension claim for serving with the Shanghai Municipal Council ('It seems unfair to throw an old employee of England on the scrap heap). The correspondence is followed up on in P134/12/1/1/1/142 P134/12/1/1/1/143.

Letter to Canon Hayes from Kitty D'Arcy, Holy Cross Hospital, Haslemere, Surrey. D'Arcy notes that she has begun her training at the hospital, which is mostly for tuberculosis patients, and notes the small attendance at church in Haslemere compared to Kilmoyler.

Letter to Canon Hayes from [illegible], St. Jarlath's College, Tuam, declining an invitation to attend the Rural Week-End in Ballinasloe, but expressing his sympathy for the Muintir na Tíre movement.

Letter to Canon Hayes from Michael G. Farrell (Mícheál G. Ó Fearghail), Managing Director of the Gaelic Echo GAA newspaper, asking Canon Hayes to send materials for publication in their future issues.

Letter to Canon Hayes from Father Thomas Morris on Muintir na Tíre Rural Publications letterhead. Father Morris writes about his recent conversation with Harry Spain regarding the Parish Plan and how it should be promoted during the upcoming Rural Week/

Letter to Canon Hayes from Owen Shannon, Waterloo, London. Shannon wishes to return to Ireland and asks for Canon Hayes' assistance in procuring him a position somewhere as a clerk-typist where he can become a member of a local society and participate in local activities.

Letter to Canon Hayes from J. Coleman, Congregation of Servants of Jesus & Mary, a native of Dublin serving in Carlepont, Oise, France, writing in response to an article in The Standard asking for parochial volunteers.

Letter to Canon Hayes from Leo Van den Bosch, a farmer from Broadway, County Wexford [see also P134/12/1/2/5/34]. Van den Bosch believes that onion farming can be further developed in Wexford as his own onion business is growing. He notes that when his potatoes are sold at market in Dublin rather than via merchants, the farmers he employs make £2-£5 per week more ('the merchants always kept the farmers in a state of fear').

Letter to Canon Hayes from William Godfrey, Archbishop of Liverpool, thanking Canon Hayes for responding to his letter of 26 June (P134/12/1/1/1/162), awaiting the arrival of the revised Muintir na Tíre constitutions (ahead of the formation of a guild in Wrightington, Lancashire), and stating his willingness to be Patron of the Movement.