Millisle (Irish: Oileán an Mhuilinn) is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland, lying on the Ards Peninsula, about miles ( km) south of Donaghadee. It had a population of 1,800 in the 2001 Census. Described in County Down.com as an "unpretentious bucket-and-spade resort of fish-and-chip shops and acres of caravan sites". The village continues to grow and good things are in store.