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RSA School of Motoring Portmarnock
Manual driving lessons Portmarnock
Most Portmarnock learners start in a manual, and passing in one covers you for manual and automatic cars. The first lessons stay on quieter streets like Carrickhill Road. Once the clutch stops being the main event, we move out to Strand Road.
Book manual lessons ↗Automatic driving lessons Portmarnock
Automatic takes the clutch out of it, which helps on Strand Road at busy times. A test passed in an automatic gives a Code 78 licence, limited to automatic cars. Same instructor, same free pick-up in Portmarnock.
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Once you're matched, your lessons sit on our booking platform. You see what's next, move a lesson when you need to, and get a reminder before each one.
An RSA guide to the EDT
Before you sit the driving test you need all twelve EDT lessons, each one stamped in your logbook. Your Portmarnock instructor works through them in order, starting on Carrickhill Road and building up to Strand Road.
By the last few lessons you're driving the roads around the Raheny test centre, so the approach is familiar long before the day itself.
Book your EDT lessons ↗Get ready to pass your Portmarnock driving test
Once the EDT is done, it's on to test preparation. The nearest centre to Portmarnock is Raheny, 7 km and about 12 minutes by road. Pretest lessons run on the roads around it, and you sit the test in the car you practised in. If Killester has an earlier date, we cover those routes too.
Driving instructors across Portmarnock
Choose RSA School of Motoring for your driving lessons in Portmarnock
Because not all Portmarnock driving schools are made equal. Our County Dublin instructors cover Portmarnock and the towns around it, including Swords, Malahide and Kinsealy-Drinan. Pick-up is free from home, work or college, or meet us near Portmarnock Beach and Velvet Strand.
Schools and colleges
- Portmarnock Community SchoolCarrickhill Road Upper
- St. Helen's National SchoolLimetree Avenue
- Malahide Community SchoolMalahide
- Saint Nicholas of Myra National SchoolMalahide Road, Kinsealy
Shops and retail
- Dunnes Stores Shopping CentreWendell Avenue
- LidlStrand Road
Station and community
- Clongriffin railway stationStation Hill, Clongriffin
- Portmarnock railway stationStation
- Baldoyle Community CentreRed Arches Road, Baldoyle
Learning elsewhere? You can also visit these nearby town pages:
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The EDT: a guide
Essential Driver Training is twelve set lessons with an Approved Driving Instructor. Some foreign licence holders qualify for a reduced six. In Portmarnock the course runs from your door, and the later lessons take in the Raheny test routes.
The EDT: a guide ↗ Preparation for the driving test ↗Portmarnock lessons. A few good questions.
Where is the nearest driving test centre to Portmarnock?
The closest is Raheny, about 7 km by road from Portmarnock. Killester and Finglas are the next closest if their dates come up sooner.
How much do driving lessons in Portmarnock cost?
A single manual lesson is €53.27. The full 12-lesson EDT package is €587.95, which works out at €49.00 a lesson. Automatic runs from €61.41. Full prices are on our pricing page.
Do you offer free pick-up in Portmarnock?
Yes. We collect from home, work or college anywhere in Portmarnock, at no extra cost. Common spots are Dunnes Stores Shopping Centre on Wendell Avenue and Portmarnock Community School on Carrickhill Road Upper.
Do you teach automatic driving lessons in Portmarnock?
Yes. We run manual and automatic lessons from the same Portmarnock base. A single automatic lesson is €61.41 and the 12-lesson package is €659.24.
Which nearby towns do you cover from Portmarnock?
We cover Swords, Malahide and Kinsealy-Drinan, plus Ballymun. The instructor lives close enough to come to your door.
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on 01 902 3100
Portmarnock driving lessons, with free pick-up anywhere in Portmarnock.
