Whiteabbey
Whiteabbey
Irish: An Mhainistir Fhionn | |
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A row of houses on the Shore Road, Whiteabbey | |
Whiteabbey Whiteabbey shown within Northern Ireland Whiteabbey Whiteabbey (the United Kingdom) | |
| Coordinates: 54°40′27″N 5°53′58″W / 54.674129°N 5.899315°W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| County | Antrim |
| Barony | Belfast Lower |
| Civil parish | Carnmoney |
| Settlements | Newtownabbey |
| Government | |
| • Council | Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council |
| Area | |
• Total | 370.8 acres (150.05 ha) |
Whiteabbey is a townland (of 406 acres) in Newtownabbey, north of Belfast in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
The original village of Whiteabbey stood at the foot of the Three Mile Water, on the shore of Belfast Lough. In 1958, it and six other villages were joined to form the new district of Newtownabbey. Whiteabbey is part of the civil parish of Carnmoney and the historic barony of Belfast Lower.