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Here's the quote from Two reports of a deputation who in pursuance of the resolutions of the Court of Assistants of the Draper's Company on the 23rd of January 1817 and the 3rd of August 1818 page 9 (free on Google e-books)
By Drapers' Company (London, England)
...the larger part of this Division is in the parish of Balli- nascreen, the residue in the parish of Maghera; it appears probable that the inhabitants of it are descended from Scotch ancestors, who settled there anterior to the Reformation ; the reason for this supposition, as to the period of the settlement being formed, arises from the circumstance of the great proportion of Catho lics above that of Protestants. The difference in the appearance of the inhabitants of the Ballinascreen Division, and the Brackasliav- gallon Division, is very striking, and illus trates the well known distinction between the leading features in the Scotch and Irish cha racters.