Model School Primary School, Northland Rd, County Londonderry

Millisle Farm Refugee Talk Sees Another Great Turnout

1st Mar 2026

Our most recent talk was another excellent presentation. Shirley Lennon's historical and community work in Downpatrick is widely known and she shared her experience of this Holocaust Memorial project - Eighty Candles for Eighty Years - with a large crowd on Thursday 26 February. The poignant story of the Millisle Farm refugees during the Second World War was most interesting and thought-provoking. One of the pictures shows the candleholder produced by local women.