A notable person from the parish is IRA Brigadier-Commandant Sean Larkin, who fought on the anti-Treaty side in the Irish Civil War and was one of those executed at Drumboe Castle on 14 March 1923 by firing squad, ordered by the Free State Government.
Education
The only school in the area, Ballylifford Primary School (formerly Ballylifford National School), is a Catholic primary school for children between the ages of four and 11.[2]