Any time I have heard this sung it has had the "six miles from Bangor to Donaghadee" line in it....... it may not be in the original... but Tommy Makem sang it that way so people have probably taken it as gospel.

Bangor to Donaghadee is not a march route. Donaghadee is a little seaside town (as is Bangor), just down the coast from Belfast. It has a light-house... and it's where we used to go for sunday afternoon drives when we were small.

slainte

alison