Millisle

Millisle
Irish: *Oileán an Mhuilinn*
Millisle Irish: Oileán an Mhuilinn;
	Millisle Main Street, August 2006
	Location within County Down
Population	2,318 (2011 Census)
District	Ards and North Down Borough;
County	County Down;
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWTOWNARDS
Postcode district	BT22
Dialling code	028
Police	Northern Ireland
Fire	Northern Ireland
Ambulance	Northern Ireland
UK Parliament	North Down;
	List of places UK Northern Ireland Down 54°36′29″N 5°31′44″W / 54.608°N 5.529°W

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]

^ "Millisle, County Down". Place Names NI. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
^ "Ballymacruise, Co. Down". Place Names NI. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
^ "Ballycopeland". Place Names NI. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
^ "Millisle". Place Names NI. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
^ "County Down Towns". www.countydown.com. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
^ "Millisle". Census 2011 Results. NI Statistics and Research Agency. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.