The street takes its name from the Irish sean cill - meaning the old church.
“Resolved, That the Surveyor report on Mr John Coates application for permission to name Mr P. Wright’s property on Bowers hill ‘Rutland Terrace’.” (5th March 1864).
"That Mr. Andrews be informed that the Committee do not see their way to change the name of any portion of Shankhill Road which has been a well recognised name for many years".
(21st January 1891)