Patrick Woods was a master joiner who came to Belfast from Monaghan to work on the interior of Clonard Monastery. His son Peter, followed him into the joinery trade. As a catholic, Peter found it extremely difficult to get work in Belfast in the 1930s and so he moved to Dublin where he worked in Mount Merrion. He made enough money to return to Belfast and diversify into the building trade. In 1939, he built 10 Rosetta Road for his wife Letitia Woods (nee Burns) and called it Woodburn. The name is still on the gate today and is inhabited by their grandson.
Peter went on to build Mount Merrion, affectionately named after his time in Dublin. During World War II he was an Air Raid Warden which influenced his choice of name for the “Wynchurch Streets”. In fact, he called them after Winston Churchill. He died prematurely on 11 April 1953. Letitia Woods later donated ground in Rosetta to the Church so that St Bernadette’s Church could be built. Thus both Peter and Letitia left a lasting legacy on the streets of South Belfast.
(Source of information, Michaela Collins, granddaughter of Peter Woods).