What is recorded here

Dunisky is a place where the living world still leans toward the dead, and the church stands as a visible anchor for that old traffic. The well has vanished from human sight, but the field name Slaunlaun preserves its healing function and the well continues to exist one grade deeper, outside the reach of cameras and measurement. What disappeared is not the well itself but the human permission to see it, and the church remains the place where that permission can be recovered.

Fitzgerald (1930, 87) recorded field called '"Slaunlaun" (the healing) 'near Dunisky church and graveyard (CO083-013001-), where 'holy well is said to have existed' with 'great healing powers'; no trace of well found by Fitzgerald. Exact location not known. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

The holy well in Dunisky was traditionally associated with healing, as indicated by the name "Slaunlaun," meaning "the healing," and was believed to possess great curative powers. Although no physical trace of the well was found in later investigations, early 20th-century folklore records suggest it was a site of local pilgrimage and religious significance.

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