Dunville Street / Sráid Dunville
Dunville Street / Sráid Dunville
Dunville Street takes its names from the whisky company set up by John Dunville . “On 11th October 1808 the Belfast Commercial Chronicle carried an announcement that ‘William Napier and John Dunvill respectfully inform their friends and the public that they have commenced the wine and spirit business at No. 13 Bank Street under the firm Napier and Dunvill’.” (https://dunvilleswhiskey.com/story/ accessed 13/2/2022). The spelling of Dunvill was later amended to Dunville. Dunville Park comprising of four acres of land was donated as a gift to the City of Belfast in 1891, its first public park. The Dunville Fountain bears the inscription: ‘This Park, formed and completed, was presented as a free gift to the City by Robert G. Dunville, of Redburn, 1891.'”