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The townland of Drumbearn is very close to the RC church in Donaghmore and there has been a church on the site since 1807 so it's unlikely they would have made the longer journey to another church.
History of the parish.
https://www.donaghmoreparish.ie/church/st-patrick-donaghmore/
The final section is just the standard legalese where Mr John Arthor confirms everything. The last two lines say
Q[uhai]rvpoun (= whereupon) henry balnavys burges of p[er]th Is
becu[m] cautiounar as ane act beirs (= is become cautioner as an act bears)
Executors of testaments had to provide a cautioner (in this case Henry Balneaves, burgess of Perth) who would become surety for their carrying out the duties of executor properly.
Re the three children. You'll notice that it says"W[illia]m Johnne & Issobell rynds y[ai]r (= their) lau[fu]ll bairns". Because there is more than one child, the surname is not given as "rynd" in the singular, but as "rynds" in the plural. That's the normal Scots usage.
You will also see that capital letters are not consistently used and there is often little, if any punctuation at this period, especially in legal documents.