Antrim Road planned in the 1840s. It features as the Antrim Road in Henderson’s (1846-1847) Belfast Directory. It is marked as Duncairn Street on the 1900-1907 OS map.
"Councillor Macartney held over until the first meeting in July the motion in his name on the agenda to recommend the Council to abolish the name Duncairn Street and name the entire thoroughfare from Carlisle Circus to the City Boundary Antrim Road, in order that owners of property and residents in the district may have an opportunity of expressing their opinion on the proposed change". (16th June 19030.
"Duncairn Street. Moved by Councillor Macartney, Seconded by Councllor Dunlop and Resolved that the council be recommended to abolish the name Duncairn Street and name the entire thoroughfare from Carlisle Square to the City Boundary Antrim Road". (Improvement Committee, 7th July 1903).