Complex sentence: Upon graduating from University College Dublin McKeown was awarded a scholarship to attend the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in Manhattan, so in 1990, with a bursary from the Arts Council of Ireland, she relocated to New York City.
Split into simpler sentences: Upon graduating from University College Dublin McKeown was awarded a scholarship to attend The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in Manhattan. So in 1990, with a bursary from The Arts Council of Ireland she relocated to New York City.