www.MysteriousAdventuresTours.com TED VANSON’S JR.’S SUMMER SOLSTICE IN IRELAND www.MysteriousAdventuresTours.com Day 1 Ted VanSon, Jr. and the guides of Mysterious Adventures Tours will greet and meet you at the June 15, 2021 Dublin Airport in the morning. From here, we will take a trip to be enchanted by the Powerscourt House and Gardens, followed by a visit to the Glendalough Monastic Site. Tonight, you will stay in Dublin for a night. Day 2 We take our journey over to the Newgrange Megalithic Underground Passage Tombs. We take June 16, 2021 the road northwest stopping at the Belvedere House on the way. We settle into a quaint Guest House in South Sligo, where we will be here for a few nights. Day 3 Today we head West and to spend some time at the Westport House and Gardens. We then June 17, 2021 turns towards the Cong Village to tour the Cottage where John Ford’s The Quiet Man was filmed. Day 4 We travel this morning to tour the magnificence of the Creevykeel Court Tomb Ancient Site. We June 18, 2021 choose to take a breathtaking route around the back of the Benbulben Mountain’s Horseshoe Drive and the beautiful Mullaghmore Coastal Drive. Day 5 Get ready today for a boat-ride around the mystical Lough Key, getting close to the 11th June 19, 2021 century old McDermott Castle. We will travel past Abbey Island and explore the grounds of the Forest Park with its lovely walks, Zip lines, Fairy bridges, wishing chairs and bog garden, canopy walks, and more. We’ll finish the day visiting the 12th century Boyle Cistercian Abbey. Day 6 Prepare yourself to spend the day in the most notoriously haunted castle in Ireland, Leap June 20, 2021 Castle. The day will be filled with music, as the owner Sean Ryan, is a folk musician! Be ready to experience the haunts of this notorious ancient 12th majestic property. Day 7 This is the day we’ve been waiting for, the Summer Solstice! We will head out early for our June 21, 2021 Morning’s Dawn’s celebration at either (weather decides) the Carrowkeel or Carrowmore Megalithic Cemeteries. Be ready for a very exuberant and spiritual experience! Day 8 You’ve earned this day of celebration in the beautiful city of Dublin! Today, take in some June 22, 2021 shopping and explorations of the city. (We’ll have some tips for you!) Today we stay at the 5- Star Fitzpatrick’s Castle, where we’ll have our Farewell Dinner together to tell our new stories! Day 9 Today we bid farewell to a most unforgettable experience in a magical land. With hugs and June 23, 2021 farewells from new friends, you will be escorted to Dublin Airport. Ted VanSon, Jr. Ted is a 34 year veteran paranormal investigator (with Genesee Valley Paranormal Investigators), researcher, radio host and author. He is very passionate about the unknown and loves to lecture on the subject. His dedication and personal investment into the field has driven him to start writing to capture his techniques and what he believes. He is a skeptical investigator that believes experiments with an open mind, not limited to today's gadgets but also old school techniques may someday lead the field in the right direction. Lectures and interviews on podcasts, radio and events allows him to express his simple but no nonsense theories about the paranormal. Ted has also been seen on the Television Series “Paranormal Survivor“ & “Ghost Nation”, shown on Destination America TV and The Travel Channel. He has been interviewed by Coast to Coast with George Noory. Paratalkradio.com is his podcast heard every Monday at 8:00pm Eastern time out of Ontario, New York. He is active in a New York Library lecture circuit September to November every year. His annual event, Rochester Winter ParaFest, brings thousands together with enlightening educational sessions and entertaining sements, while raising funds for their local Veterans Outreach Center of Rochester Ted’s 30 years of experience have inspired him to pen two books: Think Outside the Paranormal Box and Flashlight, Recorder and Comfortable Shoes. Forty Four Main St. Hotel Crawley Guest House 5 Star Fitzpatrick Castle Dublin, Ireland Sligo, Ireland Dublin, Ireland Powerscourt House and Gardens The Powerscourt House has been referred to as the jewel in the Crown of Eastern Ireland tours! For she is that beautiful! And the hauntings are just as powerful! People have experience being pushed, disembodied voices and finding a random placed unopened wine bottle in the middle of the floor. Glendalough Monastic Site These medieval monastic ruins from the 6th century and was founded by Saint Kevin, credited for being the first Monk to settle here. There have been many reports of a ghost formed as a hooded black figure, which many suspect it is of Saint Kevin. There Kathleen, a woman dressed in red. It is said that St. Kevin beat and whipped her with nettles and threw her body into the lake. www.MysteriousAdventuresTours.com Newgrange Underground Passage Tombs Older than Stonehenge, and the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Newgrange tombs in Ireland holds as many mysteries as each of those famous structures. Newgrange is best known for the illumination of its passage and chamber by the winter solstice sun. Belvedere House, Gardens & Jealousy Wall Built in 1740, Jealousy and revenge are the key themes highlighted in this unusual house which is reputed to be extremely haunted. On the premises is the "Jealousy Wall" that was the core of much disdain and horrific deeds resulting from sibling rivalry. www.MysteriousAdventuresTours.com Westport House Westport House is full of history. Its chronicled time goes as far back as the 16th century when Grace O'Malley the Pirate Queen of Connacht ruled the land and seas around the estate. Built upon the foundations of one of her many castles which can still be toured in the dungeons today. It is said that the Pirate Queen Grace O’Malley used to lock up her prisoners in its dark dungeon. Cong Village & Cottage Nestled right on the border of Galway, Cong is a small picturesque village that is known worldwide as the place where John Ford's The Quiet Man was filmed. This classic film featuring John Wayne & Maureen O'Hara, inspired many a visitor to Ireland. The Quiet Man has been both reviled and celebrated for its larger-than-life portrayal of the Emerald Isle. www.MysteriousAdventuresTours.com Creevykeel Court Tomb Ancient Site Once a local villager said he saw lights coming from within the tomb. The only explanation he could offer was that it was "the little people." He continued, "This is their property here, you see. It wasn’t excavated at that time, now. It was all covered over in trees. So it was much more sinister looking at that time than it is now.” Mullaghmore Coastal Drive We will pause from the mysterious explorations to do a jaw-dropping coastal journey in Mullaghmore. This is where your soul will be captured by the Irish Leprechauns! www.MysteriousAdventuresTours.com Lough Key Forest Key This magical place also has its own dark secrets. Two skeletons had been unearthed with large rocks wedged into their mouths, due to the belief that their spirits left through their mouth. It is believe, they were buried this way with the hope of trapping the spirit in the body, preventing them to return to haunt the living they left behind. Boyle Cistercian Abbey Built in 1134, this structure was a former Cistercian Monastery, gifted by Henry I of England. It remains impressive and well preserved under the patronage of it’s ruling family. There are a number of legends and ghost stories relating to the abbey, including "The White Lady", thought to be Matilda of England, daughter of Henry I, imprisoned here for 5 years. www.MysteriousAdventuresTours.com Leap Castle Leap Castle is considered the most haunted of all in Europe! Fierce family feuds have plagued this 15th- century castle. A brother turned against brother; killing him as he held Mass in the chapel. Centuries later a gruesome discovery of a dungeon filled with human bones, the remains of those imprisoned & executed in the castle. Several apparitions have been reported, including “IT”, a small grey human figure with a skeletal face. Carrowkeel Passage Tombs The Carrowkeel underground tunnels and tombs pre-dates the pyramids by 800 years, predating the Egyptian Pyramids. They form an ancient passage tomb cluster. Magic lies within these strangely shaped finger-like projections that embrace the mountainsides. The power of Carrowkeel has created its own folklore and New Age spiritual practices, including celebration of Summer Solstice. www.MysteriousAdventuresTours.com Carrowmore Megalithic Site Composed of a large collection of prehistoric monuments near Sligo, Ireland, these were built by voyaging farmers around 4,000 BC, during the Neolithic era. Its cemetery has been deemed the largest and oldest in Europe, overlooked by Queen Maeve’s Cairn’s tomb that sits prominently over Carrowmore’s ancient landscape. Her continuous presence cannot be dismissed. Summer Solstice in Ireland We will watch the Midsummer Sunrise over Ireland’s Ancient East! In Ireland, Midsummer or the summer solstice takes places on 21st June. This is the longest day of the year, when the sun reaches its highest position in the sky in the Northern Hemisphere. In ancient pagan times in Ireland, the summer solstice symbolized that the power of the sun was at its www.MysteriousAdventuresTours.comhighest and was believed to be a Brazenhead Pub Dublin's oldest pub is said to be visited by one of its former customers, "Bold" Robert Emmet, a rebel leader who, as an inmate at the Haunted Kilmainham Gaol, was hanged in September 1803.