In the cliffs are some remarkable caves, and off the shore is Goat's Island; at Whiting Bay is Grange Lodge, a marine villa, the occasional residence of Sir Richard Musgrave, Bart.
The parish is a vicarage, in the diocese of Lismore, forming part of the union of Kinsalebeg; the rectory is impropriate in the Duke of Devonshire. and of the tithe rent-charge amounting to £450, two-thirds are payable to the impropriator, and the remainder to the vicar.
In Roman Catholic divisions Lisgenan forms part of the district of Ardmore, and has a small chapel.