This is a body of stories bounded for questions and popularly regarded as HISTORY. Before the advent of Spain, Barangay ilihan was formerly called ALIHAN. According to the ancient stories of forefathers at that time the sea water caused to flow upstream along HINULAWAN RIVER, when high tide which was easily explained by vintas of the Moro pirates.
At both sides was a portion of canopy of rocks where in Moro bandits hide there, which was a narrow passage of flood water where Moro bandits usually blocked the natives with pointed arrows and bought them as slaves and also confiscated their products that would have been bought and sold to the little pueblo of the Hinulawan. That was the reason why the place was called by the Moro bandits and presently called Ilihan. These where the difficult times encountered by the native that probe there was an activity and movement of the people times.
The success of Magellan voyage inspired Spain to send more expeditions but failed. The expedition of Miguel Lopez de Legaspi was successful. It laid the foundation of Christianity and Spanish rule in the Philippines.
During the Spanish conquest of the country, they enrich the cultural heritage of the people, issued a Royal degree to educate the natives of which they had establish what we called today as Balangay or Barangay.
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