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This Past photograph was taken in 1911 and this area of the Sixmilewater river was known as ' The Cutts ' or ' Corrigan's Cutts ' . The Corrigans who operated the boats came from the Randalstown Road today this site is Antrim Marina. Close to this spot out on the Lough Kay Don practised with his speedboat "Miss England 2" before making an attempt on the waterspeed record in 1931. Between 1820 and 1860 merchant steamboats operated on the lough and it was possible to sail from Belfast by canals to the lough and then along the Lower Bann to the North Atlantic sea. In the past Lough Neagh has seen many great naval battles such as the Anglo-Irish battle of 1643, even the Vikings at one time controlled the Lough. Now at long last there are once more cruises on Lough Neagh from various boats.