Driving Lessons for the Tallaght Test Centre
Pretest lessons on the kind of roads the Tallaght routes use, from Broomhill Road out through Kilnamanagh, Tymon and Cookstown.
The Tallaght test centre at Premier Business Park, Broomhill Road
The Tallaght test centre is in Premier Business Park, 52 Broomhill Road, D24 VE8E, about seven minutes from The Square. It's one of Dublin's tougher centres to pass at, so we put the work in on the roads around it before you sit it.
A large South Dublin town built around The Square, the Luas terminus and a busy civic and hospital district, ringed by older village streets and newer estates.
- The Square Tallaght shopping centre, one of the largest centres in Ireland, served by the Luas red line and the local bus hub
- Tymon Park, a 300-acre public park straddling Tallaght, Templeogue and Walkinstown, with the National Basketball Arena on its grounds
- TU Dublin Tallaght campus on an 18-hectare site between Old Blessington Road, Belgard Road and Greenhills Road
- Tallaght University Hospital, beside the town centre civic and shopping district
- Greenhills Road, a busy multi-lane route past TU Dublin with frequent light-controlled junctions and bus-lane filters
- Old Bawn Road, with narrow stretches, parked cars on both sides and steady oncoming traffic toward the town centre
- Belgard Road, the main dual carriageway artery near the test centre with multiple traffic-light junctions and bus-lane filters
- The Tallaght bypass, the Blessington Road, runs along the western edge of the old village
- Kilnamanagh and Cookstown, the estates and the older industrial area near the test centre whose junctions the test routes often use
The roads and estates the routes use
Greenhills Road
Wide, busy route past the TU Dublin campus; lane discipline and bus-lane filters at the junctions are a common stumbling point for learners.
Old Bawn Road
Narrows through residential stretches with cars parked both sides, so judging gaps against oncoming traffic is the skill it tests.
Belgard Road
Dual carriageway feeding the test centre area; the test often uses its light-controlled junctions and slip lanes.
The Square roundabouts and Tallaght bypass junctions
Multi-lane roundabouts around the town centre demand confident lane choice and signalling.
A lot of learners with us are local first-time learners. Lives off the Old Bawn or Jobstown side and walks to The Square for the Luas. We pick up close to where you are, so a lesson fits around your week.
Pretest lessons before your Tallaght test
A pretest hour runs you over the kind of junctions the Tallaght routes lean on, around Kilnamanagh, Cookstown and the Belgard Road filters, past Tallaght Hospital and out toward Old Bawn. We sit it in the same car you'll test in. As a school we pass around 85% of the learners we put forward, and on a tougher centre like Tallaght that comes from this kind of prep, not luck.
Pickup points around Tallaght
The Square Luas stop and the TU Dublin campus on Greenhills Road are easy meeting points, so a lesson fits around college or the school run. Tell us where you're based and we'll sort it.
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 around Tallaght
Questions, answered
It's in Premier Business Park, 52 Broomhill Road, Tallaght, D24 VE8E, about seven minutes from The Square. We practise the kind of roads around it well before your test.
The routes lean on the busy junctions around the centre, through Kilnamanagh and Cookstown, the Belgard Road filters and the Old Bawn Road pinch points. We describe them in general terms, not as the official route, and work them in your lessons.
Tallaght sits among Dublin's tougher centres, with a pass rate below the national average. As a school we pass around 85% of the learners we put forward, which comes from preparing you on the kind of roads its routes use.
No. You can book the Tallaght centre from anywhere and a lot of learners from across South West Dublin choose it. We teach you its roads either way.
We run a pretest hour on the kind of roads the Tallaght routes use, around Kilnamanagh, Cookstown and Belgard Road, in the same car you'll sit the test in.
More near Tallaght
- Clondalkin
- Templeogue
- Firhouse
- Rathcoole
- Saggart
- Jobstown
- Old Bawn
- Greenhills
- Kingswood