Complex sentence: Sir Thomas Crooke was granted substantial lands in County Cork in 1607; he founded the town of Baltimore, which was largely destroyed in the Sack of Baltimore in 1631, and he also gave his name to the village of Crookhaven.
Split into simpler sentences: Sir Thomas Crooke was granted substantial lands in County Cork in 1607. He founded the town of Baltimore, which was largely destroyed in the Sack of Baltimore in 1631, and he also gave his name to the village of Crookhaven.