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Donegal County Council

Under the 1903 Motor Car Act, vehicles including cars and motor cycles had to be registered. Donegal County Archives holds the oldest register, dating from 1903 to 1923, this is online: 

*Please note that the minutes of the meetings of Donegal County Council have not survived from May 1916 to Dec 1920. Local newspapers can make up a lot of the gaps in knowledge. * 

Donegal County Council Minutes, January - June 1921
Donegal County Council Minutes, June - December 1921 
Donegal County Council Minutes, January - June 1922
Donegal County Council Minutes, June - December 1922 
Donegal County Council Minutes, January - December 1923
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1924
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1925
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1926
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1927
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1928
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1929
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1930
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1931
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1932
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1933
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1934
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1935
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1936
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1937
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1938
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1939
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1940
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1941
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1942
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1943
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1944
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1945
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1946
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1947 - 1948
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1949 - 1950
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1951 - 1952
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1953 - 1954
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1955 - 1956
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1957 - 1958
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1959
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1960
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1961
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1962
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1963
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1964
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1965
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1966
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1967
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1968
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1969
Donegal County Council Minutes, 1970

*‌More Minutes to be uploaded in due course, from 1970-* 

County Donegal Poor Law Union/Boards of Guardian Minutes of Meetings, 1916/1917:

RURAL DISTRICT COUNCILS MINUTES OF MEETINGS 

Ballyshannon Rural District Council Minutes, June 1899 - December 1899
Ballyshannon Rural District Council Minutes, December 1899 - June 1900
Ballyshannon Rural District Council Minutes, June 1900 - October 1900
Ballyshannon Rural District Council Minutes, October 1900 - February 1901
Ballyshannon Rural District Council Minutes, March 1901 - June 1901
Ballyshannon Rural District Council Minutes, June 1901 - October 1901
Ballyshannon Rural District Council Minutes, October 1901 - January 1902
Ballyshannon Rural District Council Minutes, February 1902 - May 1902
Ballyshannon Rural District Council Minutes, May 1902 - February 1903‌
Ballyshannon Rural District Council Minutes, February 1903 - November 1903
Ballyshannon Rural District Council Minutes, December 1903 - January 1905
Ballyshannon Rural District Council Minutes, January 1905 - January 1906
Ballyshannon Rural District Council Minutes, February 1906 - March 1907
Ballyshannon Rural District Council Minutes, March 1907 - June 1908
Ballyshannon Rural District Council Minutes, June 1908 - June 1909
Ballyshannon Rural District Council Minutes, June 1909 - April 1910
Ballyshannon Rural District Council Minutes, May 1910 - January 1911‌
Ballyshannon Rural District Council Minutes, January 1911 - November 1911‌
Ballyshannon Rural District Council Minutes, December 1911 - December 1912
Ballyshannon Rural District Council Minutes, December 1912 - February 1914
Ballyshannon Rural District Council Minutes, March 1914 - September 1914
Ballyshannon Rural District Council Minutes, September 1914 - March 1915
‌‌‌‌‌‌Ballyshannon Rural District Council Minutes, 1915 - 1916
Ballyshannon Rural District Council Minutes, 1916 - 1917
Ballyshannon Rural District Council Minutes 1918 - 1920
Ballyshannon Rural District Council Minutes, 1920 - 1922
Ballyshannon Rural District Council Minutes, 1922 - 1924
Ballyshannon Rural District Council Minutes 1924 - 1925 
Glenties Rural District Council Minutes, June 1899 - April 1900‌
Glenties Rural District Council Minutes, April 1900 - December 1900
Glenties Rural District Council Minutes, January 1901 - August 1901
Glenties Rural District Council Minutes, August 1901 - June 1902
Glenties Rural District Council Minutes, June 1902 - January 1903
Glenties Rural District Council Minutes, January 1903 - January 1904
Glenties Rural District Council Minutes, March 1905 - July 1906
Glenties Rural District Council Minutes, July 1906 - February 1908
Glenties Rural District Council Minutes, March 1908 - September 1909
Glenties Rural District Council Minutes, October 1909 - January 1911
Glenties Rural District Council Minutes, January 1911 - April 1912
Glenties Rural District Council Minutes, May 1912 - September 1913
Glenties Rural District Council Minutes, October 1913 - February 1914
Glenties Rural District Council Minutes, February 1914 - July 1914
Glenties Rural District Council Minutes, July 1914 - December 1914
Glenties Rural District Council Minutes, December 1914 - May 1915
Glenties Rural District Council Minutes, May 1915 - August 1915‌
Glenties Rural District Council Minutes, August 1915 - January 1916
Glenties Rural District Council Minutes, January 1916 - July 1916
Glenties Rural District Council Minutes, July 1916 - February 1917
Glenties Rural District Council Minutes, 1916 - 1918 part 1‌
Glenties Rural District Council Minutes, 1916 - 1918 part 2
Glenties Rural District Council Minutes, 1916 - 1918 part 3
Glenties Rural District Council Minutes, 1916 - 1918 part 4
Glenties Rural District Council Minutes, 1916 - 1918 part 5
Glenties Rural District Council Minutes, 1918 - 1920
Glenties Rural District Council Minutes, 1920 - 1923
Glenties Rural District Council Minutes, 1922 - 1923
Glenties Rural District Council Minutes, 1923 - 1925 

 

Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, July 1899 - March 1900
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, April 1900 - February 1901
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, February 1901 - February 1902
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, February 1902 - April 1902
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, May 1902 - October 1902
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, November 1902 - June 1903
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, June 1903 - April 1904
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, April 1904 - December 1904
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, December 1904 - June 1905
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, November 1905 - April 1906
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, April 1906 - September 1906
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, October 1906
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, November 1906 - February 1907
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, March 1907 - May 1907 ‌
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, June 1907 - October 1907
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, October 1907 - December 1907
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, January 1908 - March 1908
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, April 1908 - June 1908
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, June 1908 - September 1908
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, September 1908 - March 1909
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, March 1909 - September 1909
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, September 1909 - April 1910
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, May 1910 - September 1910
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, September 1910 - March 1911
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, March 1911 - June 1911
‌‌Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, July 1911 - November 1911
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, December 1911 - May 1912
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, May 1912 - October 1912
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, October 1912 - March 1913
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, March 1913 - June 1913
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, March - July 1914 and Jan 1921
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, August 1914 - August 1915
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, September 1915 - July 1916
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, August 1916 - September 1917
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, October 1917 - October 1919‌
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes October 1919 - April 1924
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, January 1921
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, March 1921 - May 1923
Letterkenny Rural District Council Minutes, April 1924 - June 1925 
Inishowen Rural District Council Minutes, 1899 - 1900
Inishowen Rural District Council Minutes, 1900 - 1902
Inishowen Rural District Council Minutes, 1902 - 1904
Inishowen Rural District Council Minutes, 1904 - 1905
Inishowen Rural District Council Minutes, 1905 - 1907
Inishowen Rural District Council Minutes, 1907 - 1909
Inishowen Rural District Council Minutes, 1911 - 1913
Inishowen Rural District Council Minutes, 1913 - 1915 
Inishowen Rural District Council Minutes 1915 - 1916 Part 1
Inishowen Rural District Council Minutes 1915 - 1916 Part 2 
Inishowen Rural District Council Minutes 1915 - 1916 Part 3
Inishowen Rural District Council Minutes 1915 - 1916 Part 4
Inishowen Rural District Council Minutes 1916 - 1918 Part 1
Inishowen Rural District Council Minutes 1916 - 1918 Part 2‌
Inishowen Rural District Council Minutes 1916 - 1918 Part 3
Inishowen Rural District Council Minutes 1916 - 1918 Part 4
Inishowen Rural District Council Minutes 1918 - 1920 Part 1
Inishowen Rural District Council Minutes 1918 -1920  Part 2
Inishowen Rural District Council Minutes 1920 - 1923 Part 1‌
Inishowen Rural District Council Minutes 1920 - 1923 Part 2
Inishowen Rural District Council Minutes 1923 - 1925 Part 1
Inishowen Rural District Council Minutes,1923 - 1925 Part 2 
Donegal Rural District Council Minutes, 1914 -1915‌‌
Donegal Rural District Council Minutes 1915 - 1916
‌Donegal Rural District Council Minutes 1917
Donegal Rural District Council Minutes, 1918 - 1919
Donegal Rural District Council Minutes, 1920 - 1922 ‌
Donegal Rural District Council Minutes, 1923 - 1924‌
Donegal Rural District Council Minutes, 1925 ‌ 

No Dunfanaghy Rural District Council Minute books survived from 1918 - 1919 

Dunfanaghy Rural District Council Minutes, 1899 - 1900
Dunfanaghy Rural District Council Minutes, 1900 - 1902
Dunfanaghy Rural District Council Minutes, 1902 - 1903
Dunfanaghy Rural District Council Minutes, 1903 - 1904
Dunfanaghy Rural District Council Minutes, 1904 - 1905
Dunfanaghy Rural District Council Minutes, 1905 - 1906
Dunfanaghy Rural District Council Minutes, 1906 - 1908
Dunfanaghy Rural District Council Minutes, 1908 - 1909
Dunfanaghy Rural District Council Minutes, 1909 - 1911
Dunfanaghy Rural District Council Minutes, 1911 - 1912
Dunfanaghy Rural District Council Minutes, 1912 - 1914
Dunfanaghy Rural District Council Minutes 1914 - 1916 Part 1
Dunfanaghy Rural District Council Minutes 1914 - 1916 Part 2
Dunfanaghy Rural District Council Minutes 1914 - 1916 Part 3‌
Dunfanaghy Rural District Council  Minutes, 1916 - 1918 

No Dunfanaghy Rural District Council Minute books survived from 1918 - 1919 

Dunfanaghy Rural District Council Minutes, 1920 - 1923‌‌
Dunfanaghy Rural District Council Minutes, 1924 - 1925 
Dunfanaghy Rural District Council National Benefit Committee, 1917 - 1924 ‌ 

 

Milford Rural District Council Minutes April - Dec 1899
Milford Rural District Council Minutes, Dec 1899 - Feb 1901
Milford Rural District Council Minutes, March 1901 - Jan 1903
Milford Rural District Council Minutes, Feb 1903 - Aug 1904
Milford Rural District Council Minutes, Sep 1904 - Feb 1906
Milford Rural District Council Minutes, March 1906 - Nov 1906
Milford Rural District Council, Minutes, Nov 1906 - June 1907
Milford Rural District Council, Minutes, July 1907 - Jan 1909
Milford Rural District Council, Minutes, Jan - Sept 1909
Milford Rural District Council, Minutes Oct 1909 - May 1910
Milford Rural District Council, Minutes, June 1910 - March 1911
Milford Rural District Council Minutes, April - Oct 1911
Milford Rural District Council Minutes, Nov 1911 - June 1912
Milford Rural District Council Minutes, June 1912 - Feb 1913
Milford Rural District Council Minutes, March - Sep 1913
Milford Rural District Council Minutes, Oct 1913 - Nov 1914
Milford Rural District Council Minutes, Dec 1914 - August 1915
Milford Rural District Council Minutes, August 1915 - June 1916 
Milford Rural District Council Minutes, 1916 - 1917 
Milford Rural District Council Minutes 1918 - 1919 
Milford Rural District Council Minutes 1919 - 1920 
Milford Rural District Council Minutes 1920 - 1921
Milford Rural District Council Minutes, 1921 - 1923
Milford Rural District Council Minutes, 1923 - 1925  
Strabane No. 2 (Lifford) Rural District Council Minutes, April 1899 - Feb 1900
Strabane No. 2 (Lifford) Rural District Council Minutes, 1915 - 1916
Strabane No. 2 (Lifford) Rural District Council Minutes, 1916 - 1917
Strabane No. 2 (Lifford) Rural District Council Minutes, 1919 - 1920
Strabane No. 2 (Lifford) Rural District Council Minutes, 1921 - 1922 

 

Stranorlar Rural District Council Minutes, June 1899 - September 1901
Stranorlar Rural District Council Minutes, October 1901 - December 1904
Stranorlar Rural District Council Minutes, September 1902 - October 1903

There are no surviving Stranorlar Rural District Council minutes from 1911 - 1918  

Stranorlar Rural District Council Minutes 1919 - 1921
Stranorlar Rural District Council Minutes, 1921 - 1924
Stranorlar Rural District Council Minutes, 1924 - 1925

This Rural District, despite its name, was based entirely within Donegal's boundaries.

Londonderry No. 2 Rural District Council Minutes, April 1899 - April 1900‌
Londonderry No. 2 Rural District Council Minutes, April 1900 - July 1901‌
Londonderry No. 2 Rural District Council Minutes, August 1901 - January 1903‌
Londonderry No. 2 Rural District Council Minutes, January 1903 - June 1904‌
Londonderry No. 2 Rural District Council Minutes, June 1904 - July 1906
Londonderry No. 2 Rural District Council Minutes, July 1906 - July 1908‌
Londonderry No. 2 Rural District Council Minutes, 1908 - 1920 Part 1
Londonderry No. 2 Rural District Council Minutes, 1908 - 1920 Part 2
Londonderry No. 2 Rural District Council Minutes, 1908 - 1920 Part 3
Londonderry No. 2 Rural District Council Minutes, 1908 - 1920 Part 4
Londonderry No. 2 Rural District Council Minutes, 1908 - 1920 Part 5
Londonderry No. 2 Rural District Council Minutes, 1908 - 1920 Part 6
Londonderry No. 2 Rural District Council Minutes, 1908 - 1920 Part 7
Londonderry No. 2 Rural District Council Minutes, 1908 - 1920 Part 8
Londonderry No. 2 Rural District Council Minutes, 1908 - 1920 Part 9‌ 

Urban District Councils (later known as Town Councils)

 

Bundoran Urban District Council Minutes, February 1914 - August 1915‌
Bundoran Urban District Council Minutes, 1915 - 1918 Part 1
Bundoran Urban District Council Minutes, 1915 - 1918 Part 2
Bundoran Urban District Council Minutes, 1915 - 1918 Part 3
Bundoran Urban District Council Minutes, 1915 - 1918 Part 4
Bundoran Urban District Council Minutes, 1915 - 1918 Part 5
Bundoran Urban District Council Minutes, 1915 - 1918 Part 6
Bundoran Urban District Council Minutes, July 1918 - January 1919
Bundoran Urban District Council Minutes, February 1919 - November 1919
Bundoran Urban District Council Minutes, November 1919 - July 1920
Bundoran Urban District Council Minutes, July 1920 - February 1921
Bundoran Urban District Council Minutes, March 1921 - February 1922
Bundoran Urban District Council Minutes, February 1922 - September 1922‌
Bundoran Urban District Council Minutes, September 1922 - April 1923
Bundoran Urban District Council Minutes, April 1923 - July 1923
Bundoran Urban District Council Minutes, March 1924 - July 1924
Bundoran Urban District Council Minutes, July 1924 - February 1925
Bundoran Urban District Council Minutes, February 1925 - August 1925
Bundoran Urban District Council Minutes, August 1925 - February 1926
Bundoran Urban District Council Minutes, February 1926  
‌Buncrana Urban District Council Minutes, 1913 - 1916, part 1‌‌‌‌
Buncrana Urban District Council Minutes, 1913 - 1916, part 2
Buncrana Urban District Council Minutes, 1913 - 1916, part 3
Buncrana Urban District Council Minutes, 1913 - 1916, part 4‌

There are no known surviving Minutes of Buncrana Urban District Council from 1917 to November 1920

Buncrana Urban District Council Minutes, December 1920 - July 1922
Buncrana Urban District Council Minutes, August 1922 - October 1923
Buncrana Urban District Council Minutes, October 1923 - June 1924 
Letterkenny Urban District Council Minutes, January 1911 - August 1912
Letterkenny Urban District Council Minutes, October 1912 - August 1914
Letterkenny Urban District Council Minutes, 1914 - 1922, part 1
Letterkenny Urban District Council Minutes, 1914 - 1922, part 2
Letterkenny Urban District Council Minutes, 1914 - 1922, part 3
Letterkenny Urban District Council Minutes, 1914 - 1922, part 4
Letterkenny Urban District Council Minutes, 1914 - 1922, part 5
Letterkenny Urban District Council Minutes, 1914 - 1922, part 6
Letterkenny Urban District Council Minutes, 1914 - 1922, part 7
Letterkenny Urban District Council Minutes, 1914 - 1922, part 8
Letterkenny Urban District Council Minutes, 1914 - 1922, part 9
Letterkenny Urban District Council Minutes, October 1922 - April 1924
Letterkenny Urban District Council Minutes, April 1924 - November 1925
Letterkenny Urban District Council Minutes, November 1925 - March 1927
Letterkenny Urban District Council Minutes, March 1927 - March 1928
Letterkenny Urban District Council Minutes, March 1928 - December 1928‌ 
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