Tony McDonnell

Last updated 31/03/2011

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Address: London N4
Phone: 020 7263 6235 - Mobile: 07850 184 790

Year qualified: 1990
Other qualifications: BA (Hons) Humanities

Native language: English

Biography: I'm a Londoner by birth, but have lived in other parts of the UK, including Scotland and Northern Ireland. In addition, I spent a year as a senior in a High School in Minnesota. The main element of my degree was American studies. I am interested a broad spectrum of life in the capital; the arts, history, politics, current affairs, sport and rock and roll.

Region for which accredited: London
London sites for which accredited: British Museum, City of London, Docklands, Greenwich, Hampton Court Palace, Parliament, St. Paul's Cathedral, Tower of London, Westminster Abbey
Sites outside London for which accredited: Bath, Oxford, Salisbury Cathedral, Stonehenge, Stratford-upon-Avon, Winchester Cathedral, Windsor Castle, York Minster

Special interests: I'm currently researching Irish connections in London, a fascinating and under-appreciated component of the capital's make up.

Walking tours: I specialise in walks of literary connections and architecture in Bloomsbury; literary connections and social history of Covent Garden, Southwark, St James's and Royal London; the darker side of London in Smithfield and the financial district -the City of London. I regularly conduct 'Irish Luminaries in London Walk' from St Paul's to Covent Garden. Another walk; Tyler to Trotsky highlights the British working class movement and its development. It covers the Smithfield to Clarkenwell/Islington areas of London. My 'Hampstead Walk' concentrates on the fascinating and diverse personalities who are associated with this picturesque village-like part of the capital.

Extended tours: Britain and Ireland.

Countries offered: Ireland