Glentoran Place, located between Ravenhill Road, My Lady's Road and Woodstock Link, recalls the earlier Glentoran Street, which was named in 1893. "So called from 'Glentoran', the residence of William F. Coates, of the Lagan Foundry. The residence has disappeared, and the ground is now occupied by small streets. The foundry buildings still remain, but are used for other purposes" (John J. Marshall, Belfast Telegraph, 22/01/1941).
Glentoran, situated in Lagan Village, was previously called Snugbrooke and appeared by this name on James Williamson's 1791 map of Belfast. It had already been the residence of the Coates family for several generations when the name was changed to Glentoran by 1839 at the latest. It seems that the name was coined specially for the house and not borrowed, as there is no other place of this exact name. It is clear that the first element is glen, 'a valley', but the second part is open to multiple interpretations. It was William Coates' son Victor who founded Glentoran Football Club in 1882.