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06 Sept 2025

Amazing 100 year old Donegal Driving licence

Denis Phelan was a County Councillor and business man from Glenties

Donegal Museum

Donegal Museum and the Donegal County Archives have an archive that is up there with the very best, especially with many documents now digitised

This is a 100-year-old driving licence belonging to Denis Phelan, County Councillor and business man from Glenties, some of whose papers were donated to the Donegal County Archives some years ago.

The 1903 - 1923 Motor Tax register for cars and motorcycles can be viewed at the Donegal County Archives website for free, along with many other digitised archives, just click the Donegal County Council digitised archives

A wonderful offering that paints a portrait of this beautiful county.

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