Already said reopen the thread and we can discuss it in the context originally stated. No mistake on my part, the Port of Cork served the eastern side of Ireland, links to the South and to the west of Cork were extremely poor. IIRC correctly the point being made was to do with distribution of food and the lack of deep water ports with all their requisite facilities in the South and West of Ireland. You as usual missed the point completely and roared off on one of your pedantic "Fisking" expeditions.

By the Bye here's a Map for you (Although I fear that you are too dense to realise the significance of it!!):

Severity of Famine - Look at Cork


Population Increased in Cork

The first of those maps showed how the effects of the famine were mitigated round Cork - that demonstrates how extensive distribution infrastructure was. Compare that to the South and to the West.

The population of Cork, Dublin and Belfast grew during the famine years as people cleared off the land in the worst affected areas and moved to where they could get food, work or transportation. The reduction in the size of the population in Ireland between 1845 and 1851 was due to three things in decreasing order of magnitude:

1: Emigration
2: Disease (For which at the time there were no cures)
3: Starvation - the least factor by far.