Driving lessonsClonakilty
Learn with an Approved Driving Instructor who collects you from Clonakilty Community College, home or work. Skibbereen, about 30 minutes by road, is where you can take the test.
Learning to drive from Clonakilty
Booking driving lessons in Clonakilty with us gets you one-hour lessons, a dual-controlled car and an instructor who tells you plainly where you stand.
Pick-up from the college
We can collect you at Clonakilty Community College, or at home or work if that suits better. Being picked up and dropped back is part of what the lesson costs.
RSA-approved instructors
You are taught by an Approved Driving Instructor, and the car has a second set of pedals. That stays the same from your early lessons on Clarke Street to your pretest.
No raised voices
Your instructor keeps the car calm and quiet. If nerves are the problem, we keep to Clarke Street and Pearse Street for as long as you need before trying Clogheen Road.
Clear word when you're ready
We will not push you towards a Skibbereen date before your driving is ready. When something still needs work, we name it and show you how to put it right.
Gears or no gears
Both are on offer. A manual pass lets you drive either type, while an automatic pass is limited to automatics and marked code 78 on your licence.
Pick who sits beside you
When you enquire, say what would make lessons easier for you. A female instructor is one thing you can ask for, and we will tell you straight what is possible.
Manual driving lessons Clonakilty
A manual course here starts with clutch control and moving off near the college or your home. Next come gears, junctions and lane position on Pearse Street and Clarke Street. Later lessons bring in McCurtain Hill and Clogheen Road, and you start planning your own way through each drive. By the last few lessons you are driving whole hours with little input from the instructor. That is the standard the test asks for, and we tell you when you reach it.
Ask about manual lessons ↗Automatic driving lessons Clonakilty
Some learners prefer automatic driving lessons in Clonakilty because there is no clutch to manage. The catch is the licence: pass in an automatic and you get code 78, which limits you to automatic cars. Learn and pass in a manual, and neither type is off limits. We confirm the instructor and car for automatic lessons once you enquire, since instructor times are not the same in every town.
Ask about automatic lessons ↗
Clonakilty lesson prices
Pick-up from the college or your home is included in all of the prices shown. Lessons can be paid for online or over the phone.
EDT lessons in Clonakilty
Essential Driver Training is 12 lessons you must complete with an Approved Driving Instructor before you can sit the test. Each lesson is signed off in your logbook as you go, so you always know how far through you are. We start yours from Clonakilty Community College or home.
EDT lessons follow the same pattern as any other: one hour, collected at your agreed point, with nobody shouting. If you hold a foreign licence, ask whether it qualifies you for a reduced course of six lessons, and we will check it with you.
The EDT guide ↗Your test from Clonakilty
Skibbereen is the nearest test centre to Clonakilty, about 31.3 km and 30 minutes by road. Wilton is about 48.6 km and 45 minutes by road, and a further centre sometimes has an earlier date. The Mallow centre is about 80 minutes away, so most of the choice here is between the first two.
The pretest is booked shortly before your test. It is a one-hour lesson in the area around the centre you have chosen. Car hire for the test follows, so you drive the car you practised in. We fit it around your test date once you have one. If you change centres, the pretest moves with you.
Clonakilty roads you will drive
Lessons begin near your pick-up point and stay on Clarke Street and Pearse Street while you learn the controls. Once moving off and stopping feel natural, you progress onto McCurtain Hill and then Clogheen Road, building up to longer drives you plan yourself.
Clonakilty Community College works well as a meeting point, especially if you are a student there. Otherwise we collect you from home or work at an agreed point. At the end of the lesson we drop you back at that same spot.
Our instructors also teach in Courtmacsherry, 13.3 km away in a straight line, and in Dunmanway and Skibbereen. If you split your week between Clonakilty and one of those towns, say so and we can agree where to collect you.
Nearest towns we teach in
The EDT: a guide
The logbook in the photo is the one you carry through EDT. Each of your 12 lessons is signed off by your instructor as you finish it. When the book is full and your driving is steady, we talk about booking Skibbereen or Wilton, and not before. We will tell you honestly which centre we think suits you.
The EDT guide ↗ Preparing for the test ↗A few good questions
My school is Clonakilty Community College. Will you pick me up there?
Yes. If you study there, the college is a handy point to agree. Otherwise we collect you from home or work in Clonakilty, and the lesson price covers both the pick-up and the drop-off.
Which test centre is closer to Clonakilty, Skibbereen or Wilton?
Skibbereen, at about 30 minutes by road, against about 45 for Wilton. We prepare you the same way for either, and if Wilton offers an earlier date, the pretest moves to the area around that centre instead.
Does your driving school in Clonakilty teach automatic?
Yes, we teach both manual and automatic across Munster, and we confirm the instructor and car for Clonakilty when you enquire. Keep in mind that an automatic pass leads to a code 78 licence, for automatic cars only.
How much is the pretest before a test at Skibbereen?
The pretest with car hire costs €183.63 in a manual. That covers a one-hour lesson in the area around the Skibbereen centre shortly before your test, then the car for the test itself. The automatic version is listed with the other prices.
Start lessons in Clonakilty
Call 021 2355558 or send the form, and we will arrange your first collection from the college or your home.