Slieveban Avenue — street off Slieveban Drive, BT11, West Belfast.
Approved by Belfast City Council on 7 November 2012, following an application by Apex Housing Association for the naming of a new street. The committee report records that:
“The applicant has advised that the proposed name is in keeping with the names in the area.”
The name Slieveban reflects a well-attested Irish place-name element. The Northern Ireland Place-Name Project notes, in relation to Slieveban:
“There are numerous Slieveban(e)s to be found in the North, all apparently coming from the Irish Sliabh Bán ‘white mountain’.”
Sources:
Belfast City Council, Health and Environmental Services Committee, “Naming of Street”, 7 November 2012.
PlacenamesNI.org (Northern Ireland Place-Name Project), entry for Slieveban Drive, County Antrim.