Original sentence: Sheilds main claim to fame is that he persuaded the Company, the Government and the other two mainland colonies to change the gauge of these railways from  to , Sheilds being Irish and 5' 3" being the Irish gauge
Edited sentence: Sheilds main claim to fame is that he persuaded the Company, the Government and the other two mainland colonies to change the gauge of these railways from  to , Sheilds being Irish and  being the Irish gauge