He was a member of the Royal Economic Society of Friends of the Country of Santiago [es], the Irmandades da Fala, the Seminar of Galician Studies, and of the Galicianist Party.

He hosted various meetings in his home, related to the activities of the Irmandades da Fala, and it was frequented by several Galician intellectuals of the time, including Ramón Cabanillas [gl], Castelao and Otero Pedrayo.

[9] It is made up of around 200 photographs, stories, a small library and then albums that cover all of his professional activities in the Americas, in addition to over a hundred letters and personal documents.

The writer Manuel Rivas uses the story Díaz Baliño in the prison of Pazo de Raxoi in his book The Carpenter's Pencil, a novel that would be made into a film of the same name, released in 2003, directed by Antón Reixa [gl].

[10] In the 1920s, Díaz Baliño received a commission to design a nativity scene for the parish church of Santa Marta de Ortigueira, which was completed in 1924.