And as an aside to this: it's possible that "The Road to Durham" was written about another Durham, in New York State, when Altan were on their way to an Irish-themed festival there.

I had also heard a rumour about Cummings' child being autistic, but no confirmation of that. The Durham Police said that the lockdown regulations "may" have been broken, but chose to take no further action: sitting firmly on the fence then....