Complex sentence: His father was Edward Sheil, who had acquired considerable wealth in Cadiz in southern Spain, owned an estate in Tipperary and his mother was Catherine McCarthy of Springhouse, Bansha, Co. Tipperary, a member of the old aristocratic family of McCarthy Reagh.
Split into simpler sentences: His father was Edward Sheil, who had acquired considerable wealth in Cadiz in southern Spain and owned an estate in Tipperary. His mother was Catherine McCarthy of Springhouse, Bansha, Co. Tipperary, a member of the old aristocratic family of McCarthy Reagh.