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'''Millisle''' or '''Mill Isle''' (from [[Ulster Scots dialects|Scots]] ''mill'' + ''isle'', meaning "the meadow of the mill"<ref>{{cite web|title=Millisle, County Down|url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=6750|website=Place Names NI|accessdate=5 April 2017}}</ref>) is a [[village]] on the [[Ards Peninsula]] in [[County Down]], [[Northern Ireland]]. It is about {{convert|3|mi|km}} south of [[Donaghadee]]. It is situated in the [[townland]]s of Ballymacruise and Ballycopeland, the [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] of [[Donaghadee (civil parish)|Donaghadee]] and the historic [[Barony (geographic)|barony]] of [[Ards Lower]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Millisle|work=Place Names NI|url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=6750|accessdate=21 February 2013}}</ref> It has been described as an "unpretentious bucket-and-spade resort of fish-and-chip shops and acres of caravan sites".<ref>{{Cite web|title=County Down Towns|website=www.countydown.com|url=http://www.countydown.com/down_newry.htm|accessdate=6 December 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514164326/http://www.countydown.com/down_newry.htm|archivedate=14 May 2011|df=}}</ref> It had a population of 2,318 people in the 2011 Census.<ref name=Cen>{{cite web|title=Millisle |url=http://www.nisra.gov.uk/census/2011/results/settlements.html |website=Census 2011 Results |publisher=NI Statistics and Research Agency |accessdate=22 April 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150422012413/http://www.nisra.gov.uk/census/2011/results/settlements.html |archivedate=22 April 2015 |df= }}</ref>
'''Millisle''' or '''Mill Isle''' (from [[Ulster Scots dialects|Scots]] ''mill'' + ''isle'', meaning "the meadow of the mill"<ref>{{cite web|title=Millisle, County Down|url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=6750|website=Place Names NI|access-date=5 April 2017}}</ref>) is a [[village]] on the [[Ards Peninsula]] in [[County Down]], [[Northern Ireland]]. It is about {{convert|3|mi|km}} south of [[Donaghadee]]. It is situated in the [[townland]]s of Ballymacruise ({{etymology|ga|Baile Mhic Naosa|''MacNeice’s townland''}})<ref>{{cite web |title=Ballymacruise, Co. Down |url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=6752 |website=Place Names NI |access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref> and Ballycopeland ({{etymology|ga|Baile Chóplainn|''Copeland's townland''}}),<ref>{{cite web |title=Ballycopeland |url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=6744 |website=Place Names NI |access-date=25 January 2021}}</ref> the [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] of [[Donaghadee (civil parish)|Donaghadee]] and the historic [[Barony (geographic)|barony]] of [[Ards Lower]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Millisle|work=Place Names NI|url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=6750|access-date=21 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=County Down Towns|website=www.countydown.com|url=http://www.countydown.com/down_newry.htm|access-date=6 December 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514164326/http://www.countydown.com/down_newry.htm|archive-date=14 May 2011}}</ref> It had a population of 2,318 people in the 2011 Census.<ref name=Cen>{{cite web|title=Millisle |url=http://www.nisra.gov.uk/census/2011/results/settlements.html |website=Census 2011 Results |publisher=NI Statistics and Research Agency |access-date=22 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150422012413/http://www.nisra.gov.uk/census/2011/results/settlements.html |archive-date=22 April 2015 }}</ref>


==History==
==Etymology==
The name Millisle is possibly derived {{etymology|ga|Baile an Mhuilin|''Townland of the mill''}} which was referenced in the seventeenth century. Alternatively it may have been borrowed by the Scottish settlers to the area from the hamlet of Millisle in Wigtownshire.<ref>{{cite web |title=Millisle |url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=6750 |website=Place Names NI}}</ref>
As [[Nazism]] ascended in mainland Europe, the [[British Jewish Refugee Committee]] organised [[Kindertransport]] with the help of the British government.<ref>{{Cite web|title=KINDERTRANSPORT AND KTA HISTORY: Rising to the Moment|publisher=The Kindertransport Association|url=http://www.kindertransport.org/history03_rising.htm|accessdate=6 December 2010}}</ref> Around ten thousand unaccompanied children, aged between three and seventeen from [[Germany]], [[Austria]] and [[Czechoslovakia]], were permitted entry into Britain without visas. Some of these children were sent to Northern Ireland. Many were looked after by foster parents but others went to a farm on the Woburn Road, owned by the Magill family, which took refugees from May 1938 until its closure in 1948.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lynagh|first=Catherine|title=Kindertransport to Millisle|date=14 July 2008|url=http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article/1228/kindertransport-to-millisle|accessdate=6 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Your Place and Mine|publisher=BBC NI|date=May 2008|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/yourplaceandmine/down/A1985015.shtml|accessdate=6 December 2010}}</ref>


==Population==
==Population==
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In the 2011 Census Millisle had a population of 2,318 people (991 households).<ref name=Cen/>

===2011 Census===
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In the 2011 Census Millisle had a population of 2,318 people (991 households).<ref name=Cen/>

===2001 Census===
Millisle is classified as a village by the [[NISRA|NI Statistics and Research Agency]] (NISRA) (i.e. with population between 1,000 and 2,250). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 1,800 people living in Millisle. Of these:
Millisle is classified as a village by the [[NISRA|NI Statistics and Research Agency]] (NISRA) (i.e. with population between 1,000 and 2,250). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 1,800 people living in Millisle. Of these:
*19.0% were aged under 16 years and 25.5% were aged 60 and over
*19.0% were aged under 16 years and 25.5% were aged 60 and over
*47.7% of the population were male and 52.3% were female
*47.7% of the population were male and 52.3% were female
*2.9% were from a [[Catholic]] background and 93.4% were from a [[Protestantism|Protestant]] background
*2.9% were from a [[Catholic]] background and 93.4% were from a [[Protestantism|Protestant]] background
*6.1% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed.
*6.1% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk|title=statistics|first=Northern Ireland Statistics and Research|last=Agency|website=www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk}}</ref>
==History==


Some of the Jewish children who arrived in the UK in 1939 under the [[Kindertransport]] program were sent to Northern Ireland. Many of them were looked after by foster parents but others went to the Millisle Refugee Farm ("Magill's Farm", on the Woburn Road) which took refugees from May 1938 until its closure in 1948.<ref name="millsisle">{{cite web |last=Lynagh |first=Catherine |title=Kindertransport to Millisle |publisher=Culture Northern Ireland |date=25 November 2005 |url=http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?co=14&ca=0&to=0&sca=0&articleID=1673&navID=0 |access-date=5 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181705/http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?co=14&ca=0&to=0&sca=0&articleID=1673&navID=0 |archive-date=30 September 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
For more details see NI Neighbourhood Information Service<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk|title=statistics|first=Northern Ireland Statistics and Research|last=Agency|website=www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk}}</ref>

In 1944, [[Killaughey Airfield|Millisle Airfield]] begun constructed but was halted after the ground being found unstable. The airfield was intended for the USAAF. Only 2 concrete runways remain today. <ref name="GItrail Millisle">{{Cite web
| url = https://gitrailni.com/gitrail/millisle-airfield/
| title = GI trail - Millisle Airfield
| access-date = 2024-08-21
}}</ref>


==Places of interest==
==Places of interest==
[[Image:Ballycopeland windmill 279350930 a90dcc8d8c b.jpg|thumbnail|left|Ballycopeland windmill from whence the town of Millisle derives its name]]
[[Image:Ballycopeland windmill 279350930 a90dcc8d8c b.jpg|thumb|Ballycopeland windmill whence the town of Millisle derives its name]]


*[[Ballycopeland Windmill]], a late 18th-century tower mill in use until 1915 and still in working order. The visitor centre at the miller’s house includes an electrically operated model of the mill and a restored corn-drying kiln.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ballycopeland Windmill|publisher=Northern Ireland Environment Agency|date=21 July 2009|url=http://www.ni-environment.gov.uk/places_to_visit_home/historic-monuments/ballycopeland.htm|accessdate=6 December 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804155905/http://www.ni-environment.gov.uk/places_to_visit_home/historic-monuments/ballycopeland.htm|archivedate=4 August 2010|df=}}</ref>
*[[Ballycopeland Windmill]], a late 18th-century tower mill in use until 1915 and still in working order. The visitor centre at the miller's house includes an electrically operated model of the mill and a restored corn-drying kiln.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ballycopeland Windmill|publisher=Northern Ireland Environment Agency|date=21 July 2009|url=http://www.ni-environment.gov.uk/places_to_visit_home/historic-monuments/ballycopeland.htm|access-date=6 December 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804155905/http://www.ni-environment.gov.uk/places_to_visit_home/historic-monuments/ballycopeland.htm|archive-date=4 August 2010}}</ref>
*[[Millisle Lagoon and Beach Park]] has 165 yd (150 m) of golden sand and a seawater lagoon providing a safe bathing area. A jetty, slipways and paddling pool complement the lagoon area situated at the shorefront of Millisle village. The beach received one of only eight [[Northern Ireland Tourist Board]] 'Seaside Award' in 2010 for its natural beauty and cleanliness<ref>{{Cite web|title=NI Tourist Board|url=http://www.tidynorthernireland.org/beaches/blue-flag/index.php|accessdate=6 December 2010}}</ref>
*''Millisle Lagoon and Beach Park'' has 165 yd (150 m) of beachfront and received one of eight [[Northern Ireland Tourist Board]] 'Seaside Award' in 2010 for its natural beauty and cleanliness<ref>{{Cite web|title=NI Tourist Board|url=http://www.tidynorthernireland.org/beaches/blue-flag/index.php|access-date=6 December 2010}}</ref>
*The [[Northern Ireland Prison Service|Northern Ireland Prison Service College]] is situated on a {{convert|21|acre|m2|adj=on}} site on the outskirts of Millisle.
*The [[Northern Ireland Prison Service|Northern Ireland Prison Service College]] is situated on a {{convert|21|acre|m2|adj=on}} site on the outskirts of Millisle.
*[[The First and Last Pub]] which is situated in Millisle was apparently visited in 1690 by [[William III of England]] on his way south to the [[Battle of the Boyne]], despite actually being founded in 1790 a full hundred years after the battle.
*''The First and Last Pub'' which is situated in Millisle was apparently visited in 1690 by [[William III of England]] on his way south to the [[Battle of the Boyne]], despite actually being founded in 1790 a full hundred years after the battle.
*[[The Borstal]] a former family summer home turned young offender's home and is now a prison officer training centre called ''Lisnevin Training School''.<ref>''Report of a public inquiry into the proposed permanent use of Lisnevin School, Newtownards as a training school/remand home under the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland)'' by Kennedy, Hugh P. Published Belfast(HMSO) 1979</ref>
*''The Borstal'', a former family summer home turned young offender's home, is now ''Lisnevin Training School'', a prison officer training centre.<ref>''Report of a public inquiry into the proposed permanent use of Lisnevin School, Newtownards as a training school/remand home under the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland)'' by Kennedy, Hugh P. Published Belfast(HMSO) 1979</ref> This was closed and sold for 1.75 million in 2018<ref>{{Cite web |last=Beattie |first=Jilly |date=2018-07-25 |title=Sale agreed of former borstal in Co Down |url=https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/former-millisle-borstal-sale-agreed-14944204 |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=BelfastLive |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Lisnevin School]] was an [[Industrial_Schools_in_Ireland#|Industrial School]], sometimes called ''Millisle Borstal'' after it moved to its location in 1931,<ref>''Millisle Borstal'', House of Commons Debate, 2nd of April 1982, Hansard</ref> it closed as a detention center on 7 October 2003.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/1858875.stm Report highlights children's rights], BBC.co.uk, 7 March 2002.</ref>
*''Lisnevin School'' was an [[Industrial_Schools_in_Ireland#|Industrial School]], sometimes called ''Millisle Borstal'' after it moved to its location in 1931.<ref>''Millisle Borstal'', House of Commons Debate, 2nd of April 1982, Hansard</ref> it closed as a detention center on 7 October 2003.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/1858875.stm Report highlights children's rights], BBC.co.uk, 7 March 2002.</ref>

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==Sport==
==Sport==
[[Abbey Villa F.C.]] play [[association football]] in the [[Northern Amateur Football League]].
[[Abbey Villa F.C.]] play [[association football]] in the [[Northern Amateur Football League]].


==People==<!-- New links in alphabetical order, only people with an article -->
==People==<!-- New links in alphabetical order, only people with an article -->
*[[Amy Carmichael]], a Christian missionary to India, was born in the village in 1867.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Amy Carmichael|publisher=Millisle Baptist Church|url=http://www.millislebaptist.org/amycarmichael.html|accessdate=6 December 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727083458/http://www.millislebaptist.org/amycarmichael.html|archivedate=27 July 2011|df=}}</ref> The Carmichael townhouse, which was sited on the junction of Main Street and Abbey Road, was demolished in 2002. A commemorative plaque was erected by the town to mark the site.
*[[Amy Carmichael]], a Christian missionary to India, was born in the village in 1867.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Amy Carmichael|publisher=Millisle Baptist Church|url=http://www.millislebaptist.org/amycarmichael.html|access-date=6 December 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727083458/http://www.millislebaptist.org/amycarmichael.html|archive-date=27 July 2011}}</ref> The Carmichael townhouse, which was sited on the junction of Main Street and Abbey Road, was demolished in 2002. A commemorative plaque was erected by the town to mark the site.
*[[William Kelly (Bible scholar)|William Kelly]] (1821–1906), prominent member of the [[Plymouth Brethren]], writer and scholar, was born in Millisle.
*[[William Kelly (Bible scholar)|William Kelly]] (1821–1906), prominent member of the [[Plymouth Brethren]], writer and scholar, was born in Millisle.

==Unfinished Airfield at Millisle==
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Travelling along the Moss Road (B172) from Millisle to Newtownards you pass a large strip of concrete the remnants of an airfield (known as RAF Millisle, or Killaughey or Killaghy Airfield). It was a planned airfield some 22 kilometers from Belfast, located in the North Down area of Northern Ireland. It was selected and surveyed by two RAF Officers Squadron Leader WR Fawdry and Pilot Officer Spencer.

On 17 April 1942, Stewart & Partners Ltd were awarded the project at the cost of £250,000. Construction of the airfield had already begun when the entire project was cancelled on 29 December 1943 when on 20% of the work was completed (PRONI) no reason can be found as to why the project was abandoned. The airfield was designated to become a USAAF B-29 Bomber Base. Building materials were delivered by tractor and trailer and trucks to the site. Many of the construction workers came from the Republic of Ireland. This was mainly due to the shortage of local manpower. When the Air Ministry ordered Sunday working to increase productivity, the local Presbyterians held a series of prayer meetings in a bit to keep Sunday a day of rest. The runway under construction began to show undulations in the north side but likely that was not caused by divine intervention. Construction of the runway had begun directly on top of boggy grassland with no proper foundations. Local houses and 4 local farms were vested by the Air Ministry for the use of the war effort. Explosives were used to clear the site for the construction of the new airfield. One of the houses vested was used as an office for the construction company.<ref>[http://www.ronaldv.nl/abandoned/airfields/gb/n-ireland/down.html Infosite] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054857/http://www.ronaldv.nl/abandoned/airfields/gb/n-ireland/down.html |date=2013-09-21 }}, ronaldv.nl; accessed 3 June 2015.</ref>

In late 1943 the site was still being cleared as a house was blown only one day before construction was halted. After the war the remaining buildings on the north side of the airfield (Killaughey Road) were used by local farmers and later by small businesses. Today some of the buildings are derelict and they can still be seen but a number are used by as a small industrial development, engaged in various businesses under the collective name of Glenarley. The Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) accommodation and post office were small buildings off to the west of the airfield (Gransha Road). These were demolished after the war. Although the airfield was never completed the main runway that was built was used several times after the war. There is a mention of an [[Auster|Auster (airplane)]] making an emergency landing, and several records naming [[de Havilland Tiger Moth]]s landings. The last use of the airfield was around 1970. Today the runway is on private property thus not accessible although it is possible to see it up close. A local road crosses the runway about midway. On aerial photography (ronaldv) the beginnings of the other two runways can still be recognised on the northern half of the runway. The northern half is the only part that is still at its original width (45/50yds) and its finished length is 1800 M. To the west of the remaining barracks, a platform and a small sections of taxiways can be found. Millisle holds the dubious distinction of being the only uncompleted airfield of World War II in the UK.{{citation needed|date=May 2015}}


==See also==
==See also==
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*[http://ww2ni.webs.com/countydownairfields Public Records Office, Belfast, Northern Ireland CAB 3A/42 File No 57 - communication to Sir Basil Brooke from Fawdry/Spencer]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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*[http://www.seasideawards.org.uk/beach.asp?RegionId=7&BeachID=347 Seaside Awards]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181705/http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/article.aspx?co=14&ca=0&to=0&sca=0&articleID=1673&navID=0 Kindertransport to Millisle]
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Millisle Main Street, August 2006
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54°36′29″N 5°31′44″W / 54.608°N 5.529°W / 54.608; -5.529

Millisle or Mill Isle (from Scots mill + isle, meaning "the meadow of the mill"[1]) is a village on the Ards Peninsula in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Donaghadee. It is situated in the townlands of Ballymacruise (from Irish Baile Mhic Naosa MacNeice’s townland)[2] and Ballycopeland (from Irish Baile Chóplainn Copeland's townland),[3] the civil parish of Donaghadee and the historic barony of Ards Lower.[4][5] It had a population of 2,318 people in the 2011 Census.[6]

Etymology

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The name Millisle is possibly derived from Irish Baile an Mhuilin Townland of the mill which was referenced in the seventeenth century. Alternatively it may have been borrowed by the Scottish settlers to the area from the hamlet of Millisle in Wigtownshire.[7]

Population

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In the 2011 Census Millisle had a population of 2,318 people (991 households).[6] Millisle is classified as a village by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (i.e. with population between 1,000 and 2,250). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 1,800 people living in Millisle. Of these:

  • 19.0% were aged under 16 years and 25.5% were aged 60 and over
  • 47.7% of the population were male and 52.3% were female
  • 2.9% were from a Catholic background and 93.4% were from a Protestant background
  • 6.1% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed.[8]

History

[edit]

Some of the Jewish children who arrived in the UK in 1939 under the Kindertransport program were sent to Northern Ireland. Many of them were looked after by foster parents but others went to the Millisle Refugee Farm ("Magill's Farm", on the Woburn Road) which took refugees from May 1938 until its closure in 1948.[9]

In 1944, Millisle Airfield begun constructed but was halted after the ground being found unstable. The airfield was intended for the USAAF. Only 2 concrete runways remain today. [10]

Places of interest

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Ballycopeland windmill whence the town of Millisle derives its name
  • Ballycopeland Windmill, a late 18th-century tower mill in use until 1915 and still in working order. The visitor centre at the miller's house includes an electrically operated model of the mill and a restored corn-drying kiln.[11]
  • Millisle Lagoon and Beach Park has 165 yd (150 m) of beachfront and received one of eight Northern Ireland Tourist Board 'Seaside Award' in 2010 for its natural beauty and cleanliness[12]
  • The Northern Ireland Prison Service College is situated on a 21-acre (85,000 m2) site on the outskirts of Millisle.
  • The First and Last Pub which is situated in Millisle was apparently visited in 1690 by William III of England on his way south to the Battle of the Boyne, despite actually being founded in 1790 a full hundred years after the battle.
  • The Borstal, a former family summer home turned young offender's home, is now Lisnevin Training School, a prison officer training centre.[13] This was closed and sold for 1.75 million in 2018[14]
  • Lisnevin School was an Industrial School, sometimes called Millisle Borstal after it moved to its location in 1931.[15] it closed as a detention center on 7 October 2003.[16]

Sport

[edit]

Abbey Villa F.C. play association football in the Northern Amateur Football League.

People

[edit]
  • Amy Carmichael, a Christian missionary to India, was born in the village in 1867.[17] The Carmichael townhouse, which was sited on the junction of Main Street and Abbey Road, was demolished in 2002. A commemorative plaque was erected by the town to mark the site.
  • William Kelly (1821–1906), prominent member of the Plymouth Brethren, writer and scholar, was born in Millisle.

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ "Millisle, County Down". Place Names NI. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Ballymacruise, Co. Down". Place Names NI. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Ballycopeland". Place Names NI. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Millisle". Place Names NI. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
  5. ^ "County Down Towns". www.countydown.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  6. ^ a b "Millisle". Census 2011 Results. NI Statistics and Research Agency. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Millisle". Place Names NI.
  8. ^ Agency, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research. "statistics". www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk.
  9. ^ Lynagh, Catherine (25 November 2005). "Kindertransport to Millisle". Culture Northern Ireland. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 5 October 2007.
  10. ^ "GI trail - Millisle Airfield". Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Ballycopeland Windmill". Northern Ireland Environment Agency. 21 July 2009. Archived from the original on 4 August 2010. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  12. ^ "NI Tourist Board". Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  13. ^ Report of a public inquiry into the proposed permanent use of Lisnevin School, Newtownards as a training school/remand home under the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) by Kennedy, Hugh P. Published Belfast(HMSO) 1979
  14. ^ Beattie, Jilly (25 July 2018). "Sale agreed of former borstal in Co Down". BelfastLive. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  15. ^ Millisle Borstal, House of Commons Debate, 2nd of April 1982, Hansard
  16. ^ Report highlights children's rights, BBC.co.uk, 7 March 2002.
  17. ^ "Amy Carmichael". Millisle Baptist Church. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
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