What is Irisan? Do you know what is Irisan before?
Irisan comes from the term of Ibaloi "idisan" which means a wood used to grind something to make it fine. In 19946 where Virginia Luna came to Irisan with her father. Virginia Luna married Felix Luna an Ibaloi who was the first settlers in the Irisan community.
Long ago, Irisan was thickly forested with pine trees. The traditional Ibloai houses were made of pine woods and cogon stick roofing or sapsap. Apugan was a lime quarry before, bought by the mining company Benguet Consulidated Incorporation. Catalino Pablo the father of Virginia Luna , who found work as a carpenter in the lime kiln. Virginia Luna married Lopez Oseo in the age of 15, but because of some problems they separated. Virginia Luna married again another man, he is Felix Luna, and they bore 9 children plus they adopted one and another step sister, so they are all 11 children.
Titling of lands in Irisan that started as early as 1922 including the Igorot claims known as the 211 titles. Oges Oseo had the widest land in Irisan while Joseph Gabol and Pastor Gabol were able to title 27 hectares of their land. These titled lands were converted and developed into subdivisions including the Cypress which is originally titled in the name of Pucay.
Irisan is now has the largeest population in the City and it is divided into 33 . Irisan is to be part of Tuba, Benguet.