Driving lessons Kilfinane
Learning to drive around Kilfinane
When you book driving lessons in Kilfinane, you get collected, taught for a full hour in a dual-controlled car, and prepared for Mitchelstown or another centre. Nobody needs to drive you to a lesson first.
The Old Chapel Rooms or home
We can collect you at The Old Chapel Rooms, at home or at work, whichever we agree. Pick-up and drop-off add nothing to the price of the lesson.
Dual controls, RSA approval
Each lesson is with an Approved Driving Instructor in a car with dual controls. From your first slow drive along Church Road, there is a brake under your instructor's foot too.
Your pace, not ours
If you are nervous, tell us, and the lessons go at a speed that suits you. Your instructor stays calm, nobody raises their voice, and you only move on when ready.
Straight answers before Mitchelstown
We say when you are ready to sit a test in Mitchelstown, and we say what is missing when you are not. Nobody sells you extra hours.
Manual or automatic, both available
Both are taught: an automatic pass brings code 78 and automatics only, and a manual pass lets you drive either kind of car.
Tell us what you would like
Say if you would prefer a female instructor, or mention anything else that matters, when you enquire. Those answers decide who we send to Kilfinane.
Choose your transmission
Manual driving lessons Kilfinane
Manual lessons from Kilfinane open with the car itself: moving off, the clutch, changing gear and stopping smoothly, all near your pick-up point. Junctions, roundabouts and reversing come next. Church Road and Ballyhea Road feature in the early drives, and later lessons head further out for practice at higher speeds. Your instructor checks progress at the end of each hour and sets the next step. When you are driving well with few prompts, we talk about Mitchelstown.
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Learn in an automatic
Automatic driving lessons Kilfinane
If gears feel like one job too many, automatic driving lessons in Kilfinane remove them. The car changes gear, and you focus on the road. You sit the same test, but the licence you get carries code 78, meaning automatic cars only, while a manual pass covers both. Tell us when you enquire, and we find out which automatic car and instructor can come to Kilfinane.
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Prices
Kilfinane lesson prices
Every ticket below is the same in Kilfinane as in any town we cover, collection from your agreed point included.
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Just getting started
EDT lessons in Kilfinane
Holding a learner permit means completing 12 Essential Driver Training lessons with an Approved Driving Instructor before you can take the test. Each one starts at your agreed pick-up point in Kilfinane, and your instructor signs your logbook as it finishes.
The course is part of learning, not an extra exam: you just drive, and the lessons are recorded as you go. If your licence was issued in certain other countries, six lessons may be enough. The manual course costs €587.95.
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The EDT guide ↗
Getting ready for the test
Mitchelstown and other centres
Mitchelstown, over the Cork border, is the closest centre to Kilfinane: 20 km by road, about 25 minutes. Tipperary town is about 40 minutes away, and the Mallow centre and Newcastle West are both about 45. Start with Mitchelstown, and look further only if its dates do not suit you.
Shortly before the test, the pretest gives you an hour in the area around your chosen centre, with car hire for the test included. A manual pretest is €183.63, and an automatic one €193.81. On the day, you drive the same car you learned in. Book it through the form.
01Get your learner permit
02Fill in the form
03We match your instructor
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Mitchelstown test centre Nearest
25 min20 km by road
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Mallow (Cork Racecourse Mallow) test centre
45 min40.5 km by road
Preparing for the test ↗
Learning in Kilfinane
Kilfinane roads you will learn on
The first lesson starts near your pick-up, with the controls as the only focus. You will meet Church Road and Main Street in the first few hours. As you get steadier, lessons move out along Ballyhea Road, where you practise holding a steady speed and planning well ahead.
The Old Chapel Rooms is a handy agreed meeting point if home is awkward. Home or work is fine too, agreed when you book. Your instructor drops you back where you were collected, or at another agreed point if that helps.
Kilmallock is the nearest of our other towns, 8.1 km off in a straight line, and Charleville in County Cork is 14.3 km away. The town of Hospital, 13.1 km away, is covered as well. Learners in each are collected in their own town.
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EDT and the test
The EDT: a guide
Your EDT logbook is the record the RSA asks for: 12 lessons, each signed by your Approved Driving Instructor. In Kilfinane the signature goes in at the end of every hour, before you get out of the car. Keep it with your permit, and once it is full, the test at Mitchelstown is the next step.
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Preparing for the test ↗
Kilfinane questions
A few good questions
Why is my nearest test centre in County Cork?
Because Mitchelstown is the closest by road to Kilfinane, about 25 minutes away. Living in Limerick does not tie you to a Limerick centre. You can also choose Tipperary town, about 40 minutes away, if its dates suit you better.
Can I ask to start from The Old Chapel Rooms?
Yes, as long as it is agreed when you book. It works well if home is awkward for pick-up. Your instructor brings you back there afterwards, or to another point you arranged.
Can I buy a gift voucher for someone in Kilfinane?
Yes. Vouchers come in 1, 3, 6 or 12 lessons, in manual or automatic, and the lessons include the same pick-up as any booking. We agree the point with them when they book.
Can a parent book a driving instructor in Kilfinane for a teenager?
Yes. A parent can fill in the form or call 021 2355558 on a learner's behalf. The learner needs a theory test pass and a learner permit first, and we agree a pick-up point in Kilfinane that suits the family.
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Kilfinane learners, start here
Tell us whether home, work or The Old Chapel Rooms suits you for pick-up when you call 021 2355558 or send the form.
