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There was no such thing as a government bank guarantee in 1814, so when staff at Lord ffrench’s Bank of Tuam & Dublin realised there was a run on the bank on June 27, they pursued the only sensible policy available, and simply locked customers wishing to make withdrawals inside the building.

The mid-19th century was an era of little movement of people for social or pleasure purposes. In the post-Famine era, it was only business people of necessity, those who were emigrating or those whose financial circumstances allowed who travelled. Railway travel had come Galway in 1851 and there were a few horse drawn omnibuses operating between the city and the village of Salthill, which was really a rural backwater. But, it was becoming a fashionable place to live and was developing as a tourist destination. It was therefore no surprise when a tramway system between the city and the village was proposed.