Though there is but one family of Papists in Anahilt, yet in neighbouring Parish of Dromarah there are great numbers, by computation, about 900 Souls of that Persuasion. The old Parish Church of Dromarah, about 3 miles S.S.W. of Anahilt, lay in ruins since the general Devastation of Churches in 1641; but good parts of the walls out-braving the injuries of time, were lately repaired, and the church rendered fit for service in the last Festival of St. Matthew, when it was restored. Near this Church a good slate Quarry was found on the estate of Lord Hillsborough.

The Face of the Country hereabouts is rough, bleak and unimproved; yet produces the necessaries of life sufficient to support a large number of inhabitants, who have little other bread, corn, but oats, of which they make great quantities of meal to supply not only themselves, but the neighbouring markets. They are industrious people, and may be properly said "to eat their bread in the sweat of their face", the coarseness of the land obliging them to great labour.

The coldness of the soil occasions their harvests to be late, yet by due care and culture, it yields rye and great quantities of flax. The plenty of cheap firing got out of bogs and mosses, throughout this whole County does not a little contribute to the service of the linen trade.