When in 1865 the Belfast Corporation leased the Ormeau Park from the Marquis of Donegall the grounds comprised some 175 acres. Of this 100 acres was allotted as a public park, the remaining portion. j to the south being laid off for building, on which streets, including North Parade and South Parade were laid out. These names, however, having no particular associations or significance but there was a South Parade of an earlier cay which it is of interest to recall. When the present Donegall Square North was laid out in front of the newly-erected White Linen Hall it was named South Parade to.distinguish it from Castle Place, which although then included in Castle Street, was known as The Parade", or "Grand Parade," " (Belfast Street Names. John J. Marshall)