takes its name from a residence named Shamrock Lodge", Lagan Village. In 1814 "Shamrock Lodge" was the residence of William Boyd, who in that year sent his son to the then newly-opened Academical Institution. From 1843 till some time in the fifties it was the residence of John Young, who was a partner with William Coates in the Lagan Foundry". (Belfast Street Names. John J. Marshall)