Good Raggy - is that really all you've got? No vehement denials that you sent me a message stating that I am "obviously interested in the subject [First World War] and far more knowledgeable than some others on this forum."

My compass reading is probably a damned sight better than yours part-timer. But by all means if you wish to discuss how well connected the port of Cork was to the hinterland to the south and west in the mid-1840s to mid 1850s then by all means feel free to open your own thread on the subject.