Complex sentence: Elements of the system went out of service from the mid- 1920s, in part overtaken by bus the last trams ran in 9 July 1949 (Dublin city) and 1959 (Howth, near Dublin).
Split into simpler sentences: Elements of the system went out of service from the mid- 1920s, in part overtaken by the bus. The last trams ran in 9 July 1949 (Dublin city) and 1959 (Howth, near Dublin).