Funeral services were held Wednesday for the Irish-born fashion designer Martha Nolan O’Slatarra, who died earlier this month on a boat that was docked at the Montauk Yacht Club.

Dozens of O’Slatarra’s family and friends gathered at the Cathedral of the Assumption in her hometown in Ireland for a 95-minute mass, based on an online recording.

During the service, which was led by Father Thomas O’Byrne, some of the designer’s loved ones carried symbols of her life — her passport as “a symbol of her love and adventure,” a photo of her as “a reflection of her inner and outer beauty,” her makeup bag and brushes as a sign ”of her love of fashion and beauty,” the Irish and American flags to indicate “the two opposite sides of the world that she lived in,” her tin whistle to show her love of musi

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