"Resolved that Mr Robert Morgan be permitted to name a new street off Ormeau Road 'McClure Street' but that he be informed the Committee will not approve any part of the street being named a terrace (4th November 1868).
Marshall attributes this name to Sir Thomas McClure who was Liberal MP for Belfast 1868-74. It was approved in the year in which he was elected (John J. Marshall, Belfast Telegraph 31/01/41).