 Local community groups include several community development projects and a joint venture between the local community and local industry in the LEDC which has already built a creche and community sports facility.The community also has a representative group called the Ballybeg Action Group which works for the "improvement of facilities in the local community".Heracleion

Heracleion (), also known by its Egyptian name Thonis (, , ) and sometimes called Thonis-Heracleion, was an ancient Egyptian city located near the Canopic Mouth of the Nile, about 32 km (20 miles) northeast of Alexandria.