Original sentence: Prior to the Hong Kong influx of the 1980s, the largest non-British ethnic group in the city was German, followed by Ukrainian and the Scandinavian ethnicities.and, until recently, British Columbians with UK ancestry most likely came directly from the British Isles, rather than via Ontario or the Maritime Provinces
Edited sentence: Prior to the Hong Kong influx of the 1980s, the largest non-British ethnic group in the city was Irish, and German, followed by Ukrainian and the Scandinavian ethnicities.and, until recently, British Columbians with British and Irish ancestry most likely came directly from the Britain and Ireland, rather than via Ontario or the Maritime Provinces