Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) results: 70.9% (774)
Test centre in County Limerick, with every figure from the CSO tables the Road Safety Authority publishes.- 774car tests
- 1 of 57car rank
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How Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) compares
Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) passed 70.9% of 774 car tests (549 passes) over September 2025 to August 2026, 18.5 points above the national 52.4%. Of the 57 centres that delivered 500 or more car tests, Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) ranks the highest. Below Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel): Newcastle West (3.7 lower) and Thurles (4.9 lower). Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel)'s 774 car tests: the quietest of 57. Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel)'s closest in size: Kilrush with 20 more tests, 11.6 lower and Nenagh with 446 more tests, 15.8 lower.
Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) across all categories: 70.9% of 774 tests (54.8% nationally), all of them car tests. Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) took 6.6% of the 11,645 car tests at 4 County Limerick centres. Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel)'s 70.9%, county 59.8%: 11.1 points above.
Car driving test pass rate at Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel), month by month
Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) tested cars in 6 of the 12 months, September 2025 to February 2026. Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel)'s best month: 77.3% of 92 tests, October 2025. Worst: 63.0% of 132, November 2025, a 14.3 point gap. Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel)'s quietest month: 89 tests, December 2025; busiest: 174, September 2025. Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel)'s 92 tests in October 2025 are few enough to swing a long way on a handful of results.
Show the monthly figures
| Month | Car tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | 72 | 52.2% |
| October 2024 | 86 | 54.7% |
| November 2024 | 65 | 55.7% |
| December 2024 | 28 | 44.4% |
| January 2025 | 57 | 55.6% |
| February 2025 | 63 | 38.2% |
| March 2025 | 189 | 48.6% |
| April 2025 | 192 | 49.7% |
| May 2025 | 97 | 59.5% |
| June 2025 | 154 | 47.6% |
| July 2025 | 157 | 57.1% |
| August 2025 | 101 | 72.6% |
| September 2025 | 174 | 69.3% |
| October 2025 | 92 | 77.3% |
| November 2025 | 132 | 63.0% |
| December 2025 | 89 | 72.0% |
| January 2026 | 128 | 75.6% |
| February 2026 | 159 | 71.2% |
Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) pass rates by year
Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel), September 2024 to August 2025: 53.2% of 1,261 car tests. Since then Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) climbed 17.7 points on 774 car tests against 1,261, down 487 (38.6%). Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) went from 27th highest of 57 to the highest of 57. Of 55 centres ranked in both periods, Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel)'s 17.7 point rise is the largest. Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) lost 487 car tests, the 3rd largest of 6 drops. Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) gained 11.6 points on County Limerick, which went from 53.7% to 59.8%.
Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) by calendar year: 59.5% of 821 car tests in 2022, 58.5% of 1,497 in 2025, down 1.0 point (national up 1.6). Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel), 2024 to 2025: 46.9% of 946 to 58.5%, a gain of 11.6 points for Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel). Best full year: 59.5% in 2022; worst: 46.9% in 2024; busiest: 1,497 car tests in 2025. Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel)'s car no shows: 15 in 2022, 44 in 2025; not conducted: 57, then 85. Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel), 2026 to date: 73.2% of 287 in 2 of 8 months, 20.9 points over national at Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel).
| Year | All tests | Pass rate, all tests | Car tests here | Car pass rate here | Car no shows | Car tests not conducted | Car pass rate nationally |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 (10 months) | 720 | 59.3% | 720 | 59.3% | 10 | 31 | 53.3% |
| 2022 | 821 | 59.5% | 821 | 59.5% | 15 | 57 | 50.2% |
| 2023 | 912 | 51.5% | 912 | 51.5% | 20 | 33 | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 946 | 46.9% | 946 | 46.9% | 36 | 72 | 49.0% |
| 2025 | 1,497 | 58.5% | 1,497 | 58.5% | 44 | 85 | 51.8% |
| 2026 (2 months) | 287 | 73.2% | 287 | 73.2% | 7 | 4 | 52.3% |
Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) by licence category
Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) tested cars only over September 2025 to August 2026; no other licence category had a test at Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel).
| Category | Tests | Pass rate here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category B (Car or light van) | 774 | 70.9% | 52.4% |
Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel): no shows and tests not conducted
Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) counted 812 car tests: 774 delivered, 19 no shows and 19 not conducted or abandoned. Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel)'s shares of those 812: 2.3% no shows and 2.3% not conducted at Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel). Of 57 centres, Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel)'s 2.3% no show share ranks joint 6th lowest. Neither count moves Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel)'s 70.9% pass rate: 549 passes over 774 tests delivered. Nationally the two shares were 3.1% and 7.4%.
774 car tests is enough for the car figure to be stable from month to month, but it still reflects who sat the test here, how much they had practised and the local roads, not only how strict a tester is.
How to read a centre's figures beside the national picture, and what the test checks, is in the driving test pass rates guide.
Source: Road Safety Authority, published by the Central Statistics Office, PxStat ROA30, CC BY 4.0, checked on 2026-09-16.Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) and County Limerick
Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) leads Newcastle West by 3.7 points (1,842 tests at 67.2%); Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) leads Limerick - Woodview by 12.5 points (4,595 tests at 58.4%) and Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel) leads Limerick - Castlemungret by 14.6 points (4,434 tests at 56.3%).
Limerick (Roxboro) delivered no car tests over September 2025 to August 2026, so it has no car rate to set against Newcastle West (Longcourt House Hotel).