About Us
Who We Are
We are native Irish Tour Directors with diverse skills and experiences at home and abroad.
Bart has a background in science education and academic administration having being the first person in over four hundred years from outside appointed to the Board of Trinity College. His grand father was a Sean Nós ( traditional) singer and seanachai (story teller) and he represents the Connolly Clan and is on the executive of the Council of Irish Clans https://councilofirishclans.org/about-us . His father was in the Gardaí (Irish police) and he is a member of the Veterans Association https://idfva.ie/ Fellow of Royal Astronomical society https://ras.ac.uk/ and Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland https://rsai.ie/ and a National Trainer for the World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations https://wftga.org/training/national-trainers
Peter hails from a north-eastern family famous for traditional Irish music. He has performed internationally on fiddle and mandolin representing Ireland since mid 1970’s. He is involved as a trained peace ambassador for Northern Ireland, as well as being a First Responder in Waterford where he now lives. He is a medieval archery coach and also speaks Dutch and is a qualified coach driver since 2018 driving around Scotland and Ireland. Both of us are licenced boat skippers. Peter is a Community First Responder.
Between us we are Alumni of National University of Ireland (UCD), Dublin City University (DCU), The Open Open University, City and Guilds of London and University of Dublin ( Trinity College) as well as having other qualifications and experiences you can find out about on Tour.
Our LinkedIn profiles: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bartconnolly/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterjoconnor/
Both Bart & Peter have studied ‘Dark Tourism’ and are trained to be able to answer most any (reasonable) question while keeping neutral. Both are signed up members of Leave No Trace, Ireland
What We Do
We offer bespoke small-group extended tours of five to fourteen days visiting and staying in not often seen locations, some right in the heart of cities. These have accommodation centered in a location that allows day visits to places not more than ninety minutes drive. We also cater for individuals or small groups, for day tours walking in cities and or nearby locations.
We also have theme tours such as a visit to and lunch in a working Military Barracks or visit music sessions.
We plan to have one extended tours in each the four corners of Ireland, where guests stay in a manor-house or castle and will not need travel more than ninety minutes to an attraction.
We can also design tours for clients based on heritage, ecclesiastical tours, sports, and pastimes ( including brewing and distilling).
When to come.
Our recommended dates for longer tours ( based on longer daylight ) are June to August but see our booking calendar when it becomes available or feel free to suggest a time of year or theme e.g Halloween ( Did you know that it was invented in Ireland ) 🙂 Many however advise April/May period for the colours, (flowers wild and otherwise) are at their best, and the weather is ‘usually’ more stable.
Contact Peter
email – peter@peterstours.ie
Phone / WhatsApp – +353 86 601 7176
Peter’s medieval archery Facebook page – click here to view
Contact Bart
email – bartconnollyseanad@gmail.com
Bart’s walking tours – click here to view