Falls Road from the Irish – Bóthar na bhFál – territory of the hedges or enclosures was named after the district to which it led. Bradshaw’s General And Commercial Directory 1819 contains a list of Belfast Street Names including the Falls Road. The Falls Road is clearly identified on the second edition of the Ordnance Survey (1832-1846) map of Belfast.
"That Mr. Bernard Hughes be requested to submit another name instead of St. Paul’s Avenue or St. Paul’s Place for the new street leading off Falls Road, as there is already a street in another part of the City named St. Paul’s Street". (19th March 1890)
"That on the application of the owner Mr Samuel McGladdery a new street on his property situate off Falls Road be named Lucan Street". (14th September 1898).