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Millisle Top Tourist Sights

By Jonny Blair


Millisle is a village on the Ards Peninsula in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Donaghadee. Millisle is situated in the townlands of Ballymacruise and Ballycopeland, the civil parish of Donaghadee and the historic barony of Ards Lower. It is a popular coastal town with a load of beaches and caravan sites, and a windmill. Ballycopeland Windmill, Millisle, Northern Ireland.

You should try and get a trip out to Ballycopeland Windmill when backpacking in Millisle, Northern Ireland. Best Places to See:

- Irish Church (Church of Ireland) in Millisle - The real football ground here is Adams Park for Abbey Villa F.C. - Ballycopeland Windmill and the area around it including the information centre

- The cool lagoon and pool here in Millisle - The main beach in the village of Millisle - The Church representing the patron saint of Ireland

- The Presbyterian Religious building in the village - A building which houses a jail type college for the people in Northern Ireland - The First & Last local public house

- The home for bad boys

- 12th July Lodges go from the main Orange Hall in Millisle

- Unfinished Airfield

- Woburn Road Farm

- A centre which makes handmade goods such as pottery and also serves tea, coffee and snacks

Population: 2, 300

Where to be based overnight:

- A really awesome park where you can put up a tent, campervan or even a caravan

- A big house in the country

- Ocean water drifting in

- Summer time camping location near Millisle, but houses in the village area by Ballywhiskin

The 1st and Last is clearly the most super bar in the area

The fish and chip shop called McClements is recommended

For coffee, tea and handmake crafts - pottery, crockery etc. head to "Eden Pottery"

A little bit of unusual information about Millisle:

- Many Jewish people from Eastern Europe were looked after in Millisle at a farm on the Woburn Road, owned by the Magill family, which took refugees from May 1938 until its closure in 1948.

- There are less references to wall murals and political messages here in Millisle.

Moving from one place to another:

- There are bus services to and from Belfast including the 10A and 7B. Most of these go to the main street in the village.

Famous People from Millisle:

- Amy Carmichael, a Christian missionary

- Dave Boy McSweeney

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