Complex sentence: Maynooth College seemed to fair quite well during famine times with only one death reported, the good agricultural land and revenue acquired helped the college, as a result many ordinary people resented their apparent prosperity whilst most of the country was devastated by potato blight and starvation.
Split into simpler sentences: Maynooth College seemed to fare quite well during famine times with only one death reported. The good agricultural land and revenue acquired helped the college, and as a result many ordinary people resented their apparent prosperity whilst most of the country was devastated by potato blight and starvation.