What is the pass rate at Letterkenny driving test centre?

59.1% over the 12 months to August 2026, from 3,745 car tests (2,213 passes). The national rate over the same months was 52.4%.

Is Letterkenny an easy test centre?

Letterkenny has one of the higher pass rates in Ireland: number 12 of 56 centres. Pass rates also reflect who books where and how prepared they are, so the gap between centres is not all down to the roads or the examiners.

How long is the wait for a driving test at Letterkenny?

The CSO’s estimate for the end of August 2026 was 13 weeks until an invitation to book, compared with 11.6 weeks for Ireland as a whole. It is an estimate of the queue at that date, not a guaranteed date.

Letterkenny driving test centre

5 Pearse Road, Letterkenny, F92 N795 · Co. Donegal

Pass rate, last 12 months

59.1%

Ireland 52.4%

Weeks to test invite, Aug 2026

13weeks

Ireland 11.6 weeks

Tests, last 12 months

3,745

2,213 passed

Key facts

59.1% of car driving tests at Letterkenny were passed in the 12 months to August 2026, 6.7 points above the Irish average of 52.4%.
That ranks Letterkenny number 12 of 56 test centres by pass rate, where 1 is the highest.
At the end of August 2026 the CSO estimated 13 weeks from applying to being invited to book a test here, against 11.6 weeks nationally.
Number 18 for the longest wait, of 57 centres.
3,745 car tests in the 12 months to August 2026; number 20 among Irish centres by tests conducted.

Practice routes around Letterkenny

5 loops from the centre, 51 km in all, with 27 roundabouts and 108 marked turns, driveable in 3D on your phone. They are built from the road network around Letterkenny, not the RSA’s own test routes, which it does not publish.

Route 1 · via Oldtown Road
12.2 km loop with 6 roundabouts, 10 right turns, 11 left turns and a stretch of Circular Road.
12.2 km · 27 turns · 6 roundabouts
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Route 2 · via Ballymacool Street
11.5 km loop with 8 roundabouts, 5 right turns, 10 left turns and a stretch of Old Farm Road.
11.5 km · 23 turns · 8 roundabouts
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Route 3 · via Long Lane
10.5 km loop with 5 roundabouts, 7 right turns, 7 left turns and a stretch of Port Road.
10.5 km · 19 turns · 5 roundabouts
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Route 4 · via New Mills Road
8.1 km loop with 2 roundabouts, 9 right turns, 9 left turns and a stretch of College Row.
8.1 km · 20 turns · 2 roundabouts
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Route 5 · via Oldtown Road
9.0 km loop with 6 roundabouts, 7 right turns, 6 left turns and a stretch of Neil T Blaney Road.
9.0 km · 19 turns · 6 roundabouts
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Pass rate at Letterkenny, year by year

Share of car tests passed each calendar year; * 2026 (Jan–Aug) is the year so far. Dashed line: Ireland over the last 12 months.

Month by month, last 12 months

By year

Year	Tests	Pass rate	Ireland
2026 (Jan–Aug)	2,456	60.6%	52.3%
2025	3,755	56.4%	51.8%
2024	3,438	55.3%	49.0%
2023	2,949	54.3%	50.6%
2022	3,197	53.7%	50.2%
2021	2,356	59.2%	53.3%

Waiting time for a test at Letterkenny

The CSO’s estimate, at the end of each month, of the weeks from applying for a test to being invited to book one. Dashed line: Ireland in August 2026.

Month end	Weeks to invite
August 2026	13
July 2026	13
June 2026	11
May 2026	13
April 2026	15
March 2026	13

Getting there

5 Pearse Road, Letterkenny
Co. Donegal F92 N795

Directions in Google Maps · Book or check your test on rsa.ie

Nearby test centres

Buncrana
Co. Donegal · 27 km
62.8%
+10.4 vs IE
13 wks
to invite
Donegal Town
Co. Donegal · 39 km
59.4%
+7.0 vs IE
10 wks
to invite

Questions learners ask about Letterkenny

What is the pass rate at Letterkenny driving test centre?: 59.1% over the 12 months to August 2026, from 3,745 car tests (2,213 passes). The national rate over the same months was 52.4%.
Is Letterkenny an easy test centre?: Letterkenny has one of the higher pass rates in Ireland: number 12 of 56 centres. Pass rates also reflect who books where and how prepared they are, so the gap between centres is not all down to the roads or the examiners.
How long is the wait for a driving test at Letterkenny?: The CSO’s estimate for the end of August 2026 was 13 weeks until an invitation to book, compared with 11.6 weeks for Ireland as a whole. It is an estimate of the queue at that date, not a guaranteed date.
Where is Letterkenny driving test centre?: 5 Pearse Road, Letterkenny, F92 N795, Co. Donegal.

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Road Safety Authority driving test statistics (ROA30, ROA36), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Car (category B) tests. Passes are worked out from the CSO’s monthly tests and pass rate.