Six Mile Water

The Six Mile Water is a river in southern County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

[3] It is said to be named from a crossing point six Irish miles from Antrim, on the road to Carrickfergus.

[2] Another story is that it was named by English soldiers, who calculated that it was a six-mile march from Carrickfergus Castle to the ford at Ballyclare.

[4] It rises in the hills west of Larne and north of Carrickfergus and descends gently westward, flowing through or close to the communities of Ballynure, Ballyclare, Doagh, Parkgate, Templepatrick, Dunadry and Antrim into Lough Neagh.

[5] The river is the subject of the song "Six Mile Water", by the Metal band Therapy?.