Original sentence: As the time, the New York Times sub-titled their report on the fire as "Priceless Records Lost".Irish local government records from the 1600s had been brought from rural parts of Ireland to the Custom House for safekeeping, and these were lost in the blaze.Some genealogists still lament the loss of these historical records
Edited sentence: Irish local government records from the 1600s had been brought from rural parts of Ireland to the Custom House for safekeeping, and these were lost in the blaze, a permanent loss to the nation and its genealogists.Prominent genealogists still lament the loss of so many of Ireland's historical records, ironically caused by an army whose supposed raison d'etre was Ireland's historical identity.This deliberate destruction was in line with the Irish Republic's vision of a completely new start to Irish politics.Within days of the fire, even the New York Times headlined about "Priceless records lost"