Whiteabbey (Irish: An Mhainistir Fhionn) is a small urban village area in Newtownabbey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is on the north coast of Belfast Lough and is part of the Newtownabbey Borough Council area. Whiteabbey is also an electoral ward of North Belfast. History Whiteabbey's name is derived from a Premonstratensian abbey which existed in the area in the medieval period, the monks of which are said to have worn white robes. All traces of the abbey are now gone although the sit… (More on Whiteabbey)