35 routes around the Tallaght test centre in Co. Dublin, 28 of them recorded on real driving tests. Drive them with spoken turn-by-turn guidance, and hear the tricky spots before you reach them.
Free to download. A Centre Pass unlocks every Tallaght route from €9.99: a one-time payment that runs from the day you buy it, so buy it close to your test. Independent app, not run or approved by the RSA.
The places learners who tested here talk about most, and what they advise. Advice sometimes differs: road markings and your instructor have the final word.
The roundabout most often named for Tallaght. Learners say the left lane on the approach leads only into the hospital, so to go straight on you need the right lane; follow the arrows on the road. Some also mention hatch markings on the approach and a set of traffic lights just after it that are easy to miss.
Many learners say their test went into Kilnamanagh, often for the manoeuvres, and advise getting to know it well. They mention the 50 km/h limit around the Dunnes, and one learner warns about turns where you cross a solid white line over a shared cycle lane.
Learners describe the right turn at the traffic lights by the Luas line into the back of Cookstown, behind the hospital. They say a passing tram can hold you in the yellow box. A few learners say they picked up a fault around here, one for not making progress when the light changed.
One learner who failed here turned right when the straight-ahead green arrow came on, without waiting for the right filter arrow. Others in the thread explain that a green straight arrow does not allow a right turn, and another learner says they were caught out the same way.
Learners mention the road markings when leaving Tymon North. One learner who failed here describes a yield, then a ramp, then a STOP line on the way out, and says they clipped the kerb turning left over the ramp.
Learners name the left turn from Greenhills Road onto Mayberry Road as a place that catches people out. One says the lane you turn into is marked like half a cycle lane, and people turn too wide and end up on the wrong side of the road.
One learner practising for the test describes the right turn from Greenhills Road onto Castletymon Road at the lights, where they say no filter arrow came on and they were left waiting in the white turning box as the lights changed. Replies say that once you are past the stop line you complete the turn when the lights change and it is safe, rather than staying in the box.
One learner who passed here warns about a roundabout near the Garda station that has two yellow boxes close together. They say they only just managed to stop in the short gap between the boxes and nearly picked up a second serious fault there.
Several learners point out the STOP sign right at the car-park exit and say to come to a full stop there. One adds that a hedge blocks the view leaving and re-entering the centre, so take extra care with observation.
How many of the 35 routes use each road. The roads near the top are the ones to know well.
Distinct places across all 35 routes, and what the tester watches for at each.
Scan the footpaths early and be ready to stop.
Filter arrows and yellow boxes: never enter a box you cannot clear.
Testers mark speeding and driving too slowly for the road.
Slow, look, and go only when it is safe: no rolling guess.
A full stop at the line every time, even when the road is clear.
Lane choice by exit, a signal on approach where needed, and a left signal after the exit before yours.
Check the times on the sign before you use or cross it.
Treat it like a full roundabout: observation, yield to the right, signal.
30, 50, 60, 80 km/h. Know the default for each road type in speed limits, and every sign in Irish road signs.
Worked out from the Tallaght routes themselves.
The Tallaght routes pass 23 different roundabouts. Know which lane each exit needs before you get there; signs and road markings beat the shape of the roundabout.
Read the guideSome Tallaght routes reach 80 km/h roads. Build up to a safe speed that suits the road: hesitancy and holding back are marked too.
Read the guideThere are 73 places where the limit changes. Watch for the signs, and settle at the new limit promptly.
79 sets of traffic lights across the routes. Practise right turns at lights and the yellow box rule.
Read the guide23 STOP signs across the routes. Rolling through one is a common fault; stop at the line, then creep and look.
Turas marks the likely spot for each manoeuvre on every route: quiet side roads, straight stretches and hills. Across the Tallaght routes:
Works with CarPlay. Mount your phone; never hold it while driving.
28 of the 35 Tallaght routes were recorded on real driving tests; the rest are practice routes on the same roads. Each is matched to the OpenStreetMap road network, and learners' shared drives are checked every week for changes. Last updated 30 October 2026. The tester still chooses the route on the day. How test routes work.
Pass rate: 47.7% in 2022 (national 53.2%). That is the RSA's latest table by centre, so treat it as a rough guide. Most fails come from things you can practise: observation, progress and lane choice. All centres.
Waiting time: about 22 weeks until you are invited to book a test, at the end of September 2026 (national average 11.9 weeks). All centres.
That is one of the longest waits in the country. A Centre Pass counts its days from the moment you buy, so buy it in the weeks before your test, not at the start of the wait.
Addresses from the RSA's list of test centres; waiting time from RSA figures published by the CSO. Your appointment letter has the final word.
With about 22 weeks to wait at Tallaght, apply on MyRoadSafety as soon as your EDT lessons are uploaded, and use the wait: learn the road signs and Rules of the Road questions the tester asks first, and drive with your accompanying driver.
Turas: Driving Test Routes for iPhone. Spoken turn-by-turn guidance on the routes around your centre, with the tricky spots called out before you reach them.
