Hayes returned for a third stint as captain when Cork beat Tipperary by 3-04 to 1-02 to win the Munster Championship in 1894.
[3] He later captained the team to a 5-20 to 2-00 defeat of Dublin in the 1894 All-Ireland final, in what was a record third successive title for Cork.
[4] A dispute with the GAA resulted in Cork withdrawing from the 1895 All-Ireland Championship, a move which brought Hayes's inter-county activity to a close and ended the possibility of the team winning a fourth successive title.
[5] Hayes was born in Carrigtwohill, County Cork, but later settled in Blackrock where he worked as a steamship fireman.
He married Mary Cotter in 1886 and the couple had ten children, seven of whom survived infancy.