These Ormonde streets were called after the Duke of Westminster's Ormonde which won the Two Thousand Guineas in 1886, and the Derby the same year, when ridden by Fred Archer, the famous jockey, Ormonde won as well many other of the principal races in the years 1883-1887. (Belfast Street Names. John J. Marshall). “It is something of a coincidence that a district which in years lang syne was frequently spoken of as a site for a racecourse for Belfast should now be transformed from green fields to a suburban residential quarter, with such names as Ormonde Gardens, Ladas Drive, Grand Parade, Orby Drive, Pommern Parade, Cicero Gardens, Trigo Parade, Blenheim Drive, Donovan Parade, and Ardpatrick Gardens. With the disappearance of "Houston's Wall" on the Castlereagh Road and the erection of trim villas of divers designs, the locality has now a “Cliftonville” appearance. If the present building rate is maintained, in a few years the Bloomfield Road will be linked up with Ballynafeigh, with arteries running through the Castlereagh, Cregagh, and Ravenhill Roads.” In a section called HERE, THERE-WHERE? RANDOM NOTES AND NOTIONS. Ireland's Saturday Night - Saturday 03 September 1932.