“That on application of the owners The Executors of Riddell [space in minutes] five new streets situate off Falls Road be named Ballymurphy Street, Beechmount Avenue, Clowney Street, Felspar Street and Mica Street”. Minutes, Town Improvement Committee, 16th March 1898. The street was called after the nearby river Clowney.
"That on the application of the owners, a new street on their property situate off Clowney Street be named Whiterock Street". (8th November 1899).