LOURDES NORTH WEST

Barangay Lourdes was thought to be one of the oldest barangays among others. Lourdes Northwest, Lourdes Sur and Lourdes Sur-East apparently named after their common patron saint Nuestra Señora de Lourdes with respect to their respective geographical locations. The late Dr. Clemente N. Dayrit Sr. was the first person who made an action to separate Barangay Lourdes from Barrio San Nicolas. From then on they called it “Lourdes” because Dr. Dayrit and his wife were devotees of “Our Lady of Lourdes” in France. The Dayrit family donated five-hundred hectares (500 ha) of land wherein a church had been built. Two of the famous marks of the barangay is the public school situated inside the Dayrit Compound in 1912 and the ice plantation near the railroad in 1914. Barangay Lourdes Northwest has long been a destination for Local and Foriegn Tourist during the Lenten Season due to the reading of the Passion of Christ that starts with the Palm Sunday and culminates in the real “Crucifixion” of a penitent on Holy Friday.