Well worth a pilgrimage

CALLING homes after the names of saints, places of pilgrimage and even honeymoon destinations is so 1960s — and, for the most part the names have stuck, up on house pillars and walls, proudly displayed in marble, brass or wood.

So it is with Assisi, a Cork family home, carrying the name of the Italian birthplace of St Francis on its main Douglas Road entrance pillars.

The four-bed semi-detached home is next door to the old AIB bank branch, with some local shops nearby and a newly re-opened Maxol station and Spar shop in place of the old Dunmahon Esso filling station. Douglas village is a three minute walk, and there’s a full range of schools adjacent.