Original sentence: It grew as a market town and a garrison and became a port in 1742 when it was linked to Lough Neagh by the first summit-level canal in the British Isles.It was founded in 1144 alongside a Cistercian monastery and is one of Northern Ireland's oldest towns.Newry recently topped the league of house prices increases across the whole United Kingdom over the last decade.Prices in the city have increased by 371% since 1996
Edited sentence: It grew as a market town and a garrison and became a port in 1742 when it was linked to Lough Neagh by the first summit-level canal in the Atlantic Isles (the archipeligo to the north west of Europe).It was founded in 1144 alongside a Cistercian monastery and is one of Ireland's oldest towns