Complex sentence: He was succeeded at the end of the year by Father Macartan McQuaid, also a native of County Monaghan, who officially assumed the post of president in January 1978 and was the longest serving president of St Michael's College.
Split into simpler sentences: He was succeeded at the end of the year by Macartan McQuaid, also a native of County Monaghan. Father McQuaid officially assumed the post of president in January 1978 and was the longest serving president of St Michael's College.