Donegall Avenue

“On application of the owners, your Committee have named three new streets off Meenan Street and Crimea Street ‘Klondyke street’ ‘Indies street’ and Jumna street’ a new street off Donegall road ‘Donegall avenue’, (the owner was H and J Martin Ltd) three new streets off Ravenhill road at Glentoran, ‘Flanders street’, Ballarat street’ Bendigo street’.” Minutes, Town Improvement Committee, 22 September 1897. The name Donegall appears in several places in Belfast. It is spelt with two Ls which goes back to the 17th century and how the Chichester family spelled it in those days. The family had considerable land in Co Donegal.