Original sentence: In 1979 Bernadette McAliskey (the former MP) stood in the election for the European parliament on a platform of support for the blanketmen, and won a respectable 5.9% of the vote across Northern Ireland, even though Sinn Féin had called for a boycott of this election.The Hunger Strike heralded an upsurge of violence after the comparatively quiet years of the late 1970s, with widespread civil disorder in Northern Ireland and  serious unrest in the Republic, including rioting outside the British Embassy in Dublin.The announcement of his death prompted several days of riots in nationalist areas of Northern Ireland
Edited sentence: In 1979 Bernadette McAliskey (the former MP) stood in the election for the European parliament on a platform of support for the blanketmen, and won a respectable 5.9% of the vote across the six counties, even though Sinn Féin had called for a boycott of this election.The Hunger Strike heralded an upsurge of violence after the comparatively quiet years of the late 1970s, with widespread civil disorder in the six counties and  serious unrest in the Republic, including rioting outside the British Embassy in Dublin.The announcement of his death prompted several days of riots in nationalist areas of the six counties