Antrim and Newtownabbey
Irish: Aontroim agus Baile Nua na Mainistreach
Ulster Scots: Anthrim an Newtownabbey
District
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryNorthern Ireland
StatusDistrict
Incorporated1 April 2015
Government
 • TypeDistrict council
 • BodyAntrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
Area
 • Total220.6 sq mi (571.4 km2)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total145,852
 • Density660/sq mi (260/km2)
Time zoneUTC0 (GMT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (BST)
Ethnicity (2022)96.7% White[1]
Websiteantrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk

Antrim and Newtownabbey is a local government district in Northern Ireland. The district was created on 1 April 2015 by merging the Borough of Antrim with the Borough of Newtownabbey. The local authority is Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council.

Geography

The district stretches 274 square miles (710 km2) from the lower River Bann and Lough Neagh to the shores of Belfast Lough. It has a population of 145,852.[2] The name of the new district was recommended on 17 September 2008.[3]

Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council

Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council replaced Antrim Borough Council and Newtownabbey Borough Council. The first election for the new district council was originally due to take place in May 2009, but on April 25, 2008, Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until 2011.[4] The first elections took place on 22 May 2014 and the council acted as a shadow authority until 1 April 2015.[5]

Freedom of the Borough

The following people, military units and organisation and groups have received the Freedom of the Borough of Antrim and Newtownabbey and its predecessors.

Individuals

  • Bertram Bickerstaff: 1 June 1982.
  • Doris E. Robb: 1 June 1982.
  • Sidney R. Cameron: 31 October 1992.
  • Dr. Willie John McBride: 31 October 1992.
  • George L. Herron: 28 May 1998.
  • James J. Rooney: 26 May 2001.
  • Samuel J. Magee : 25 May 2004.
  • Sir A.P. McCoy: 10 September 2005. (Borough of Antrim)
  • Tommy McTeague: 24 November 2005. (Borough of Newtownabbey)
  • W.A. Fraser Agnew : 31 October 1992.
  • Wolf-Dietrich Rienacker: 9 October 2008. (Borough of Newtownabbey)
  • Dr. Peter Fitzgerald: 3 June 2009.
  • Norman Dunn: 29 October 2009.lDavid Hollis TUV. JH AllisterTUV 2009)
  • Dr. Rorlof Schierbeek: 12 February 2010. (Borough of Antrim)
  • Jonathan Rea: 15 January 2019.

Military Units

[6]

Organisations and Groups

  • The Northern Ireland Hospice: 24 May 2022.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Main statistics for Northern Ireland Statistical bulletin - Ethnic group" ONS. Retrieved 22 September 2022
  2. ↑ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2021". Office for National Statistics. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Provisional Recommendations of the Local Government Boundaries Commissioner for Northern Ireland". LGBC. Archived from the original on 20 September 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2008.
  4. ↑ Northern Ireland elections are postponed, BBC News, April 25, 2008, accessed April 27, 2008
  5. ↑ "Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Councils are merging in 2015" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "Council Information - Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council". Archived from the original on 31 May 2019.
  7. ↑ Harte, Lauren (24 May 2022). "Ewe deserve it! Northern Ireland Hospice receives Freedom of the Borough honour". Belfast Live. Retrieved 25 May 2022.

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