"Resolved that Messrs A. & J. Martin be informed that the Committee do not approve of such a short street as the one mentioned in their letter of the 9th inst. being called Deramore Avenue, but are willing to name the street Deramore Street". (11 August 1886).
“That on the application of Messrs H. & J. Martin, a new street from Ormeau Road, to Haywood Avenue, be named Deramore Street.” (25 August 1886)
“Derramore” was a residence in the townland of Ballynavalley. In the 1860 Ordnance Survey 6" map it was marked and named. In 1819 David Verner, younger brother of Thomas Verner, Collector of Excise at Belfast, was in occupation of “Derrymore”. (Carson, p25). Derramore: According to Fred Heatley and Hugh Dixon the earliest occupant of Derramore was David Verner the younger brother of Thomas Verner the Collector of Excise in Belfast. Source: Belfast Scenery In Thirty Views 1832 (1983). Publisher: Linen Hall Library Illustrators: Edward K. Proctor, Joseph Molloy. Contributors: Fred Heatley, Hugh Dixon.