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.
"The Committee again considered application, dated 26th ult., from Messrs. Crawford & Lockhart, Solicitors for the Blakiston-Houston Estate Company, that new streets on the above-mentioned estate be named Grand Parade, Ardpatrick Gardens, Blenheim Drive, Trigo Parade, Cicero Gardens, Pommern Parade, Ladas Drive, Ormonde Gardens and Donovan Parade. Resolved – That with the exception of Blenheim Drive the foregoing names be approved, and in the case of Blenheim Drive Messrs. Crawford & Lockhart be requested to submit another name for the Committee’s consideration, in view of the fact that a street having the name Blenheim Street is situated in another area of the city. (22nd July 1930).