The
Six Mile Water is a river in southern
County Antrim,
Northern Ireland. It was historically called the
(river) Ollar and is known in
Irish as
Abhainn na bhFiodh. The Six Mile Water is an indirect tributary of the
River Bann, via
Lough Neagh. 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. A weir exists at Ballyclare where water was diverted to the
paper mill. The Six Mile Water Park was constructed around the river in Ballyclare, in order that the river's frequent floods would not affect houses in the area. It has a catchment of 117 square miles.