Cathriona White to be buried in Tipperary on Saturday

Ex-boyfriend, actor Jim Carrey, expected to attend funeral in Cappawhite

Cathriona White is to be buried in her native south Tipperary, on Saturday. Photograph: Splash News
Cathriona White is to be buried in her native south Tipperary, on Saturday. Photograph: Splash News

Irish beauty therapist Cathriona White is to be buried in her native south Tipperary, on Saturday October 10th.

The 30-year-old's body was found in her LA home on September 28th last. She was the ex-girlfriend of Jim Carrey.

She is to be buried alongside her father Pat, at Cappawhite Cemetery. Mr White died in 2012 after a 20-year battle with brain cancer.

Mr Carrey, who became a box office hit through his movies Dumb and Dumber and The Truman Show, is expected to attend Ms White's funeral.

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The pair had broken up prior to Ms White’s death.

An autopsy has been carried out on her body, however results of toxicology tests will not be known for some weeks.

Ms White was an aspiring actress and was married to cameraman Mark Burton who is also expected to attend her funeral.

A large media presence is expected to be in Cappawhite to report on the funeral.

According to Cappawhite parish priest Fr Tadgh Furlong, Ms White missed her late father’s funeral three years ago as she was living illegally in the US at the time.

Ms White’s sister Lisa, and her stepmother Bríd, are believed to have now returned to Cappawhite after they travelled to LA to repatriate her body.

Cathriona's mother Brigid, has also travelled to Cappawhite from England where she had been living for the past number of years.

Cathriona White’s body will be reposing at her grandfather’s funeral home, White’s Funeral Home, in Cappawhite on Friday, from 5pm. Her removal will take place at 8pm to Our Lady of Fatima Church, Cappawhite.

Ms White’s requiem mass is to take place on Saturday at 11.30am, with burial afterwards in Cappawhite Cemetery.