Complex sentence: John Baptist Purcell was born at Mallow, County Cork, Ireland on February 26,1800, the son of Edward and Johanna Purcell who gave their children all the advantages of the education attainable at a time when the penal laws were less rigorously enforced.
Split into simpler sentences: John Baptist Purcell was born at Mallow, County Cork, Ireland. His parents, Edward and Johanna Purcell gave their children all the advantages of the education attainable at a time when the penal laws were less rigorously enforced.