Owenvarragh Park off Andersonstown Outside Municipal Boundary. For the odd numbers Vacant ground 7 surnames with question marks after their names. For the even numbers 2-6. Houses being built. 8. Quinn, Michael G., accountant. Vacant ground. 1955 Belfast Street Directory. According to a local resident (January 2023) when this street was being developed in the early 1950s, the original plan had been to call it St Pancras Park. The contractor who was responsible for developing the street, Cornelius Ennis, who was the director of a company called Barnageera Limited objected and argued the street should be named “Owenvarragh Park” which would be more suitable for the local area. Owenvarra was known in Irish as Abhain Bheara meaning “river of the staff”. It is believed that the name Blackstaff comes from a primitive crossing formed from blackened beams of oak.
Dual language street sign (English and Irish) approved in April 2024.