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Mitchelstown driving test centre

Mitchelstown Enterprise Centre, Coolnanave Industrial Est, Mitchelstown, P67 X660 · Co. Cork

Pass rate, last 12 months
55.3%
Ireland 52.4%
Weeks to test invite, Aug 2026
11weeks
Ireland 11.6 weeks
Tests, last 12 months
1,428
789 passed

Key facts

  • 55.3% of car driving tests at Mitchelstown were passed in the 12 months to August 2026, 2.9 points above the Irish average of 52.4%.
  • That ranks Mitchelstown number 26 of 56 test centres by pass rate, where 1 is the highest.
  • At the end of August 2026 the CSO estimated 11 weeks from applying to being invited to book a test here, against 11.6 weeks nationally.
  • Number 28 for the longest wait, of 57 centres.
  • 1,428 car tests in the 12 months to August 2026; number 51 among Irish centres by tests conducted.

Practice routes around Mitchelstown

5 loops from the centre, 46 km in all, with 0 roundabouts and 34 marked turns, driveable in 3D on your phone. They are built from the road network around Mitchelstown, not the RSA’s own test routes, which it does not publish.

  1. Route 1 · via Kilfinane Road
    7.5 km loop with 7 right turns, 1 left turn and a stretch of Kilglass.
    7.5 km · 8 turns
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  2. Route 2 · via Kilfinane Road
    11.0 km loop with 6 right turns, 4 left turns and a stretch of Kilfinane Road.
    11.0 km · 10 turns
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  3. Route 3
    11.9 km loop with 3 right turns and 3 left turns.
    11.9 km · 6 turns
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  4. Route 4 · via Limerick Road
    8.5 km loop with 5 right turns and a stretch of Kilfinane Road.
    8.5 km · 5 turns
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  5. Route 5 · via Kilfinane Road
    6.7 km loop with 4 right turns, 1 left turn and a stretch of Kilfinane Road.
    6.7 km · 5 turns
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Pass rate at Mitchelstown, 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.

40%50%60%IE 52.4%55.5%202526*

Month by month, last 12 months

0%35%70%DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug

By year

YearTestsPass rateIreland
2026 (Jan–Aug)1,37955.5%52.3%
20254946.9%51.8%

Waiting time for a test at Mitchelstown

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.

07.515IE 11.6 wks11Nov 2025Mar 2026Aug 2026
Month endWeeks to invite
August 202611
July 202610
June 20268
May 202612
April 20268
March 20269

Getting there

Mitchelstown Enterprise Centre, Coolnanave Industrial Est, Mitchelstown
Co. Cork P67 X660

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

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Questions learners ask about Mitchelstown

What is the pass rate at Mitchelstown driving test centre?
55.3% over the 12 months to August 2026, from 1,428 car tests (789 passes). The national rate over the same months was 52.4%.
Is Mitchelstown an easy test centre?
Mitchelstown has a pass rate in the middle of the range: number 26 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 Mitchelstown?
The CSO’s estimate for the end of August 2026 was 11 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 Mitchelstown driving test centre?
Mitchelstown Enterprise Centre, Coolnanave Industrial Est, Mitchelstown, P67 X660, Co. Cork.

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.