How about a service that started in Limerick or in Thurles and got into Cork before 9am? The 08:00 ex Mallow doesn't appear to be a return from an ex-Cork train or a train that starts in Mallow, so could that be started from further up the line?
I know that many years ago (I would think around 2003) there was a train that started in Charleville, but it was canned after a year because it wasn't very successful, but times have changed since then and there is a lot more employment and students in Cork City Centre than there was back then.
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