Driving Lessons in Firhouse
Firhouse learners practise the foothill gradients and junctions on the way to the Tallaght test routes.
Driving lessons in Firhouse
Firhouse learners practise the foothill gradients and junctions on the way to the Tallaght test routes.
An outer suburb at the foothills of the Dublin Mountains, with mature housing and access to the Dodder valley.
You'll sit your test at the Tallaght centre in Premier Business Park off Broomhill Road, and we cover the roads around it before you get there.
- Firhouse sits at the foothills of the Dublin Mountains between Ballycullen and Knocklyon
- Firhouse Weir on the River Dodder, an early-13th-century weir that fed the old City Watercourse into Dublin
- The Murrain Cross off Firhouse Road, one of only two surviving in the south Dublin landscape
- Firhouse Road and Ballycullen Avenue, the main routes linking Firhouse to Tallaght and Knocklyon
EDT and pretest lessons for Firhouse learners
Firhouse Road
Main route linking the estates to Tallaght and Knocklyon, with the gradient changes you would expect at the mountain foothills.
Ballycullen Avenue
Newer residential route with junctions and roundabouts that test lane discipline.
A lot of learners with us are estate-based learners. Lives off Ballycullen Avenue and wants confidence on the foothill gradients. We pick up close to where you are, so a lesson fits around your week.
Our services
EDT lessons
Your 12 mandatory EDT lessons, taught on Tallaght roads with the logbook signed off as you go.
Learn moreAutomatic lessons
Learn in an automatic if the clutch is the part holding you back, on the same local routes.
Learn moreGetting started
New to it? We'll talk you through the permit, the EDT and a first lesson around Tallaght.
Learn moreWhy learners stay local for lessons
Most people who train with us live a few minutes from where they'll be tested, around Tallaght and the South West Dublin ring. They want to pass on the roads they already half-know, not somewhere across the city.
So that's where we teach, on the Tallaght junctions and pinch points until lane choice and signalling feel automatic. When your Google reviews are live, we'll show them here.
Lessons for Firhouse learners
Questions, answered
Yes. We teach driving lessons across Firhouse and the rest of the first ring around Tallaght, all working toward the Tallaght test centre off Broomhill Road.
Tell us where you're based around Firhouse and we'll sort a meeting point that suits you, whether that's near home, college or the Luas.
Lessons in Firhouse are €53.27 for a single manual hour and €587.95 for the 12 lesson manual EDT course. Automatic costs a little more. See the pricing page for both rates.
Most Firhouse learners do. It's in Premier Business Park off Broomhill Road, and we cover the kind of roads its routes use before you sit it.
Yes. EDT and automatic lessons are taught on the same Firhouse roads, with your logbook signed off as you go.
More near Firhouse
- Tallaght
- Knocklyon
- Ballycullen
- Templeogue
- Bohernabreena