Chapel Lane (Old Belfast) was earlier called Crooked Lane. It was called after St Mary’s Church, the site of the town’s first Catholic church, built by Protestant subscription in 1784. the following information comes from the 1819 Belfast Street Directory: “Roman Catholic Chapels Old one in Chapel Lane; built in 1783; cost £1200, first Pastor, the Rev. Hugh O’Donnell, who died 1813.” It is included in the list of streets in the Belfast Directory 1831-1832.