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{{Short description|Area in County Antrim, Northern Ireland}}
{{for|the ruined monastery in County Meath, Ireland|Newtown Abbey}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Newtownabbey
| irish_name = Baile na Mainistreach
| scots_name =
| local_name =
| static_image_name = Rathcoole - Newtownabbey.jpg
| static_image_caption = Overlooking the Rathcoole area of Newtownabbey from [[Cavehill]]
| map_type = Northern Ireland#United Kingdom Greater Belfast
| coordinates = {{coord|54|40|24|N|05|54|49|W|display=inline,title}}
| label_position = none
| population = 67,599
| population_ref = ([[United Kingdom census, 2021|2021 Census]])
| unitary_northern_ireland = [[Antrim and Newtownabbey]]
| lieutenancy_northern_ireland = [[County Antrim]]
| constituency_ni_assembly = [[East Antrim (Assembly constituency)|East Antrim]]
| constituency_westminster = [[East Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)|East Antrim]]
| country = Northern Ireland
|historic_county=
|post_town = NEWTOWNABBEY
| postcode_area = BT
| postcode_district = BT36, BT37
| dial_code = 028
| website =
}}

'''Newtownabbey''' is a large settlement north of [[Belfast]] city centre in [[County Antrim]], [[Northern Ireland]]. It is separated from the rest of the city by [[Cavehill]] and Fortwilliam golf course, but it still forms part of the [[Belfast metropolitan area]]. It surrounds Carnmoney Hill, and was formed from the merging of several small villages including [[Whiteabbey]], [[Glengormley]] and [[Carnmoney]]. At the [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 census]], Metropolitan Newtownabbey Settlement had a population of 67,599,<ref name=Census2021>{{cite web | url = https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=SETTLEMENT15&%7ESETTLEMENT15=N11000559 | title = Metropolitan Newtownabbey – Flexible Table Builder | work = [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 Census]] | publisher = [[Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency]] (NISRA) | access-date = 18 February 2024}}</ref> making it the [[List of localities in Northern Ireland by population|third largest]] settlement in Northern Ireland and seventh on the [[Island of Ireland]]. It is part of [[Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council]].

==History==
===Founding===
Newtownabbey Urban District was founded on 1 April 1958 to cover seven villages north of Belfast: [[Carnmoney]], [[Glengormley]], [[Jordanstown]], [[Monkstown, County Antrim|Monkstown]], [[Whiteabbey]], Whitehouse and Whitewell.<ref>{{cite web |title=Newtownabbey |url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=6488 |publisher=Place Names NI}}</ref> Before this, the area fell under the jurisdiction of Belfast Rural District.

Newtownabbey Urban District Council was succeeded by Newtownabbey District Council (1973–1977), [[Newtownabbey Borough Council]] (1977–2015), and [[Antrim and Newtownabbey District Council]] (2015 onwards).

===The Troubles===
{{main|The Troubles in Newtownabbey}}
During [[The Troubles]], there were a number of [[The Troubles in Newtownabbey|incidents in Newtownabbey]], including several gun attacks involving the [[Ulster Freedom Fighters|UFF]] and [[Ulster Volunteer Force|UVF]].<ref name="CA">{{cite web | title=Sutton Index of Deaths, 1974 | work=Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN)| url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/1974.html | accessdate=2 September 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Sutton Index of Deaths, 1994 | work=Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN)| url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/1994.html | accessdate=2 September 2006}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Cave Hill and Glengormley - geograph.org.uk - 1629199.jpg|thumb|250px|The Glengormley area of Newtownabbey from Cavehill]]
Newtownabbey is a large dispersed urban area north of Belfast, surrounding [[Carnmoney Hill]]. To its east is [[Belfast Lough]], and to its south and west is [[Cavehill]]. There are two wooded river [[glen]]s running through it: the Three Mile Water and the Glas-na-Bradan.

===Townlands===
Below is a list of [[townland]]s that are within Newtownabbey's urban area, alongside their likely etymologies.

*Ballybought ({{Irish derived place name|Baile Bocht|poor townland}})*
*Ballyduff (from ''Baile Mhic Giolla Dhuibh'', "MacElduff's townland")*
*Ballygolan (from ''Baile an Ghabhláin'', "townland of the fork")*
*Ballyhenry (from ''Baile Éinrí'', "Henry's townland")*
*Ballyvesey (possibly from ''Baile an Mheasa'', "townland of the [[Mast (botany)|mast]])*
*Ballywonard (from ''Baile an Mhuine Aird'', "townland of the high thicket")*
*[[Carnmoney]]
*Collinward (possibly from ''Baile Gorán Bhaird'', "townland of the [[bard]]'s grove")*
*Cloughfern (possibly from ''Currach Fearnaí'', "marsh of the place of alders")*
*Drumnadrough (from ''Droim na gCruach'', "the ridge of the stacks")*, site of [[Merville Garden Village]]
*Dunanney (from ''Dún Áine'', "Áine's fort")*
*[[Glengormley]]
*[[Jordanstown]]
*[[Grange of Mallusk|Mallusk]]
*[[Monkstown, County Antrim|Monkstown]]
*[[Whiteabbey]]
*Whitehouse (named after a 16th-century fortified house built by an English adventurer; formerly Ballyrintollard)

Other districts include:
*Mossley (named after [[Mossley]] in England; in Ballyhenry townland)
*[[Rathcoole (Belfast)|Rathcoole]]
*Whitewell (named after a former [[Spring (hydrology)|spring]]; in Ballygolan townland)

''* citation for derivations<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.placenamesni.org/index.php
|title = Place Names NI
|access-date = 14 December 2021
|archive-date = 27 July 2019
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190727133926/http://www.placenamesni.org/index.php
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>''

==Demography==
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|title = National Identity of Newtownabbey residents (2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=National Identity (British) |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=SETTLEMENT15&v=NAT_ID_BRITISH&%7ESETTLEMENT15=N11000559 |website=NISRA |access-date=18 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=National Identity (Northern Irish) |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=SETTLEMENT15&v=NAT_ID_NORTHERN_IRISH_AGG3&%7ESETTLEMENT15=N11000559 |website=NISRA |access-date=18 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=National Identity (Irish) |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=SETTLEMENT15&v=NAT_ID_IRISH_AGG3&%7ESETTLEMENT15=N11000559 |website=NISRA |access-date=18 August 2023}}</ref>
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{{bar percent|Irish|Blue|21.5}}
}}
===2021 Census===
On census day (2021) there were 67,599 people living in Newtownabbey. Of these:
*54.45% (36,806) were from a Protestant or other Christian backgrounds, 30.77% (20,801) were from a Catholic background, 1.73% (1,171) were from other religious backgrounds, and 13.05% (8,821) had no religious background<ref>{{cite web |title=Religion or religion brought up in |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=SETTLEMENT15&v=RELIGION_BELONG_TO_OR_BROUGHT_UP_IN_DVO&%7ESETTLEMENT15=N11000559 |website=NISRA |access-date=17 August 2023}}</ref>
*7.57% had some knowledge of the Irish language and 9.21% had some knowledge of Ulster-Scots.<ref>{{cite web |title=Knowledge of Irish |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=SETTLEMENT15&v=IRISH_SKILLS_INTERMEDIATE&%7ESETTLEMENT15=N11000559 |website=NISRA |access-date=17 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Knowledge of Ulster-Scots |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=SETTLEMENT15&v=ULSTER_SCOTS_SKILLS_INTERMEDIATE&%7ESETTLEMENT15=N11000559 |website=NISRA |access-date=17 August 2023}}</ref>
*41.37% (27,966) had a British only identity, 17.25% (11,662) had an Irish only identity, and 20.61% (13,934) had a Northern Irish only identity.<ref>{{cite web |title=National identity (person based) – basic detail (classification 1) |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=SETTLEMENT15&v=NAT_ID_BASIC&%7ESETTLEMENT15=N11000559 |website=NISRA |access-date=17 August 2023}}</ref>

===2011 Census===
On census day (27 March 2011) there were 65,646 people living in Newtownabbey.<ref name=Census2011>{{cite web | url = https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/AreaProfileReportViewer.aspx?FromAPAddressMulipleRecords=Metropolitan%20Newtownabbey@Partial%20match%20of%20location%20name:%20@Partial%20Match%20Of%20Location%20Name:%20%20Metropolitan%20Newtownabbey@23? | title = Census 2011 Population Statistics for Metropolitan Newtownabbey Settlement | publisher = [[Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency]] (NISRA) | access-date = 15 August 2019}}</ref> Of these:
*20.26% were aged under 16 years and 15.51% were aged 60 and over
*48.02% of the population were male and 51.98% were female
*62.21% were from a Protestant or other Christian backgrounds, and 27.69% were from a Catholic background
*6.40% had some knowledge of the Irish language and 6.98% had some knowledge of Ulster-Scots.

==Education==
;Higher-level education
* [[Northern Regional College]] (NRC)
* [[University of Ulster]] at Jordanstown (UUJ)

;Secondary-level education
* Abbey Community College
* [[Belfast High School]]
* [[Edmund Rice College]]
* [[Glengormley High School]]

;Primary-level education
* [[St. Mary’s on the Hill Primary School ]]
* [[Ashgrove Primary School]]
* [[Carnmoney Primary School]]
* Hollybank Primary School
* [[Jordanstown Schools]] for the Deaf and Blind
* King's Park Primary School
* Rathcoole Primary School
* St. Bernard's Primary School
* St. MacNissi's Primary School
* [[Whitehouse Primary School]]
* Gaelscoil Éanna

==Sport==
There are several [[association football]] clubs in Newtownabbey, including several amateur clubs which field teams in the [[Northern Amateur Football League]]: [[4th Newtownabbey F.C.]], [[18th Newtownabbey Old Boys F.C.]], [[Mossley F.C.]], [[Nortel F.C.]], [[Rathfern Rangers F.C.]], and [[Ulster University at Jordanstown F.C.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenafl.co.uk/teams/id/27|title=Ulster University at Jordanstown F.C.|publisher= Northern Amateur Football League |access-date=29 November 2022}}</ref> [[Rathcoole F.C.]] plays in the [[Ballymena & Provincial Football League]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/irish-league/the-park/ballymena-provincial-league-round-up-october-19-29675282.html|title=Ballymena & Provincial League round-up October 19|date=20 October 2013|newspaper=The Belfast Telegraph|access-date=29 November 2022}}</ref> As of 2020, [[Belfast Deaf United Football Club]] played in the [[Down Area Winter Football League]].<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.dsni.co.uk/community-sport/all-out-trekking/all-out-trekking/football | publisher = Disability Sport Northern Ireland | website = dsni.co.uk | title = Football | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20200203112801/https://www.dsni.co.uk/community-sport/all-out-trekking/all-out-trekking/football | archivedate = 3 February 2020 | quote = Belfast Deaf United [..] play in the Premier Section of the Down Area Winter League }}</ref>

Local [[Gaelic games]] clubs include [[St Enda's GAC]] (based near Glengormley) and [[Greencastle Wolfe Tones GAC]] (based at Greencastle). Both participate in competitions organised by the [[Antrim GAA|Antrim County Board]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wolfe Tones GAC Greencastle – Antrim GAA|url=https://antrim.gaa.ie/clubs/wolfe-tones-gac|access-date=14 December 2020|website=antrim.gaa.ie}}</ref>

Hockey teams based in Newtownabbey include [[East Antrim Hockey Club]], [[Mossley Hockey Club]], and Owls Hockey Club. There are also a number of rugby clubs, an amateur boxing club (Glengormley Amateur Boxing Club), and several cricket teams. These include the Academy and [[Cliftonville Cricket Club]]s (the latter participating in the [[NCU Senior League]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://northerncricketunion.org/database/2022/leagues/Premier.shtml|title=Robinson Services Premier League – 2022 |publisher=Northern Cricket Union|access-date=29 November 2022}}</ref>

Outdoor bowling clubs in Newtownabbey include Mossley Bowling Club, Glengormley Bowling Club, Nortel Bowling Club and Ulster Transport Bowling Club.

==Transport==

===Rail===
[[Northern Ireland Railways]] runs trains serving three railway stations: [[Mossley West railway station]] on the [[Belfast–Derry railway line]] and [[Jordanstown railway station]] and [[Whiteabbey railway station]] on the [[Belfast–Larne railway line]].

===Road===
Newtownabbey is linked to the [[M2 motorway (Northern Ireland)|M2 motorway]] (which passes through it) and the [[M5 motorway (Northern Ireland)|M5 motorway]] (which begins at its southeastern edge).

Bus services are provided by [[Translink (Northern Ireland)|Translink’s]] [[Metro (Belfast)|Metro]] and [[Ulsterbus]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bustimes.org/operators/translink-metro|title=Translink Metro|publisher=Bus Times|access-date=29 November 2022}}</ref>

== Notable people ==
{{see also|:Category:People from Newtownabbey}}
* [[Ronan Bennett]] (born 1956), novelist and screenwriter, grew up in Newtownabbey<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/six-things-you-didnt-know-about-ronan-bennett-the-ni-writer-behind-netflixs-top-boy-38537819.html | publisher = Belfast Telegraph | website = belfasttelegraph.co.uk | title = Six things you didn't know about Ronan Bennett, the NI writer behind Netflix's Top Boy | date = 30 September 2019 }}</ref>
* [[Stephen Boyd]] (1931–1977), Golden Globe-winning actor, born in Glengormley<ref name=bbc>{{cite web|url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12135044 | title = Stephen Boyd: The Busker Who Became a Screen Idol | publisher = BBC News| website = bbc.co.uk| date = 8 January 2011 }}</ref>
* [[James Brown (Elvis impersonator)|James Brown]] (born 1968), Elvis impersonator, lives in Newtownabbey<ref>{{cite web|date=23 January 2018|title=Me and my health: Jim 'The King' Brown – The hip-swivelling I do on stage as Elvis gives me sore joints|website=[[Belfast Telegraph]]|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/health/me-and-my-health-jim-the-king-brown-the-hip-swivelling-i-do-on-stage-as-elvis-gives-me-sore-joints-36518199.html}}</ref>
* [[Corry Evans]] (born 1990), professional footballer, grew up in Newtownabbey<ref name="Belfast Telegraph 2016">{{Cite news |first=Steven |last=Beacom |title=Evans duo set for Northern Ireland history books |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/evans-duo-set-for-northern-ireland-history-books/34784255.html |date=9 June 2016 |work=[[Belfast Telegraph]] |access-date=21 January 2025}}</ref>
* [[Jonny Evans]] (born 1988), professional footballer, grew up in Newtownabbey<ref name="Belfast Telegraph 2016"/>
* [[Dean McCullough]] (born 1992), British radio personality, lives in Newtownabbey<ref>{{Cite news|date=10 September 2021|title=Northern Ireland presenter takes top Radio One music slot|language=en-GB|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-58513884|access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Helen|last=Carson|date=23 January 2018|title=Me and my health: Jim 'The King' Brown – The hip-swivelling I do on stage as Elvis gives me sore joints|website=[[Belfast Telegraph]]|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/health/me-and-my-health-jim-the-king-brown-the-hip-swivelling-i-do-on-stage-as-elvis-gives-me-sore-joints-36518199.html}}</ref>
* [[Leah McFall]] (born 1986), singer-songwriter, born in Newtownabbey<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.belfastdaily.co.uk/2013/04/11/newtownabbey-girl-to-sing-on-bbc-1-show-the-voice/| website = belfastdaily.co.uk | title = Newtownabbey Girl to Sing on BBC 1 Show The Voice | date =11 April 2013 | accessdate = 24 August 2021 }}</ref>
* [[Bobby Sands]] (1954–1981), [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] member and hunger striker, grew up in Newtownabbey<ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Hearn |first1=Denis |title=Nothing but an unfinished song : Bobby Sands, the Irish hunger striker who ignited a generation |date=2006 |publisher=Nation Books |location=New York |isbn=9781560258421 |url=https://archive.org/details/nothingbutunfini00ohea/mode/2up |access-date=12 March 2022 |url-access=registration}}</ref>

==Twin towns==
Newtownabbey is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Rybnik]], [[Poland]] <small>''(since 18 October 2003)''<ref name="Twin">''{{cite web|url=http://www.rybnik.pl/index.php?id=324|title=Rybnik Official Website – Twin Towns|publisher= 2008 Urząd Miasta Rybnika|access-date=1 November 2008}}''</ref></small>
*{{flagicon|DE}} [[Dorsten]], [[Germany]]<ref name="RuhrTwins2010">{{cite web|url=http://www.twins2010.com/fileadmin/user_upload/pic/Dokumente/List_of_Twin_Towns_01.pdf?PHPSESSID=2edd34819db21e450d3bb625549ce4fd|title=List of Twin Towns in the Ruhr District|access-date=28 October 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225064042/http://www.twins2010.com/fileadmin/user_upload/pic/Dokumente/List_of_Twin_Towns_01.pdf?PHPSESSID=2edd34819db21e450d3bb625549ce4fd|archive-date=25 February 2021}}</ref>

Newtownabbey has one [[town twinning|sister city]], as designated by [[Sister Cities International]]:
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Gilbert, Arizona]], [[United States]]

==See also==
* [[List of localities in Northern Ireland by population]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk Antrim & Newtonabbey Borough Council official website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181540/http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/town_Home.aspx?co=16&to=339&ca=0&sca=0&navID=1 Culture Northern Ireland – Newtownabbey] (archived)

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