Complex sentence: They were founded to provide a focus of sporting interest for the city's large Irish Roman Catholic community, following the example set by the leaders of the Irish community in Edinburgh, who in 1875 founded Hibernian with the same principles.
Split into simpler sentences: They were founded to provide a focus of sporting interest for the city's large Irish, Roman Catholic community. Following the example set by the leaders of the Irish community in Edinburgh who in 1875 founded Hibernian with the same principles.