A long time ago, Barangay Inirangan was located in an area that was perennially flooded for the reason that there was no dike built there yet. During rainy days, the people experienced flood almost half of the year.
At that time, there was an abundance of “larangan” in the barangay, a black univalve mollusk that became a source of food in the barangay.
From then on, “larangan” served as the main diet of every household in the barangay.
And so, from that time on, the people started to call the place in relation to their main source of food until later on “larangan” became Inirangan.
Comment from Melchor E. Orpilla:
Irang is sakit na linawa o resentment in old Pangasinan, specially in the context of relatives or family members. Wala'y irangan dan sanaagi. Inirangan hence would mean a person or a place whom/where one had resentment. Pareho so explanation ed barangay Inirangan ed Alaminos. Nën abuyak so balëy min mangngara'y Casborran nën 1763-64 ta nanlalaban so Zambal tan Pangasinan leaders, saray Pangasinan clans, atayak ira tan saray arum limma ra'd satan a pasen ya tatawagen natan na Inirangan. Nën akapantatalusan lamet ira, insan ira nananap na balon lugar insan da binangon so kumatlon balëy na Alaminos tan ingngaran da nën saman ya Sarapsap/Salapsap.
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