Situated off Balmoral Avenue, which see for the origin of the name.
There is no reference to Balmoral Gardens in the Belfast Street Directory 1924 but by the time of the directory in 1932, it lists 12 houses. According to Place Names NI website: “The name Balmoral has been imported from Scotland where it is the name of a residence of the royal family in Aberdeenshire and signifies ‘farm of the big clearing’, deriving from Sc.G. baile, mór in combination with Brittonic ial ‘open space’.”
"On the application of Mr. Joseph McMaster, it was. Resolved – That a new street on Mr. McMaster’s property, situate off Balmoral Avenue, be named Balmoral Gardens". (23rd February 1926).