Jim Carrey's ex Cathriona White's mother leads mourners through Cappawhite

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Cathriona White will be buried next to her late father Pat tomorrow at the Our Lady of Fatima church, in Cappawhite
Hundreds of mourners processed behind a hearse tonight, bringing her body from the funeral parlour to the church
Closest friends gathered tonight to pay their respects to Ms White and her family, including her mother Brigid
Hollywood star Carrey is believed to have arrived in Ireland, and is expected to attend the burial service tomorrow

By Darren Boyle and Imogen Calderwood and David Raleigh In Cappawhite, Ireland For Mailonline

Published: 05:04 EST, 9 October 2015 | Updated: 18:56 EST, 9 October 2015

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Supported by friends and family, Cathriona White's tearful mother last night led hundreds of mourners through the streets of their hometown in Ireland as her daughter's coffin made its final journey.

Some 200 people walked beside the White family as the coffin was removed from the funeral parlour to the parish church in preparation for Ms White's Requiem Mass this morning.

Her ex-boyfriend, Jim Carey, 53, is believed to have arrived in Ireland and is expected to attend the funeral service in Cappawhite, Co Tipperary.

The coffin was carried by members Ms White’s family, including her brother James, who served in the British Army and is a decorated Afghan war hero, from the funeral home to a waiting black hearse before it was taken to the church.

The procession followed behind the coffin, led by Ms White’s mother Brigid, stepmother Brid, brother James, sisters Lisa and Sarah, stepbrother Tadgh and her half-sister Larina. Ms White, who took her own life at her Los Angeles home last month, will be buried alongside her father, Pat.

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Family and friends of Cathriona White, who died in tragic circumstances at the end of last month, gather in Cappawhite, Co Tipperary, for the removal of her coffin to the village church. Ms White's brother, decorated Afghan war hero James (front left), helped shoulder the coffin

Ms White's mother, Brigid (left), was seen in floods of tears as she stood by the hearse which was to take her daughter's coffin to the church

Cathriona White and Hollywood A-lister Jim Carrey and an on-off relationship for years, and he is said to have been addressed in her suicide note

Last night, Ms White's siblings, James, Lisa, Sarah, Larina and Tadgh, as well as her grandparents James and Lilly, stepmother Bríd, and mother Brigid, and other family members, shook hands with mourners who filed past her closed coffin, on which a single framed portrait of Ms White rested.

The family plot in the local cemetery was prepared yesterday ahead of the burial service. She will be buried with her father Pat, who lost a 20-year battle with brain cancer in 2012.

A large gathering of photographers and reporters waited outside White's Funeral Directors in Cappawhite yesterday evening, while a large media presence is also due to be in attendance today at Our Lady of Fatima Church in the South Tipperary village.

Her body arrived at the funeral parlour at 5pm yesterday, in a closed coffin.

Hundreds of mourners accompanied her family, processing behind the black hearse that carried her body to the Our Lady of Fatima Church

The family of Cathriona White are accompanied by fellow mourners as they follow Ms White's coffin to the Cappawhite village church

The procession was flanked by members of the Cappawhite ladies football club, as it wound its way through the village streets

Hundreds of mourners walked behind Ms White's coffin in a tragic procession, led by members of her family including her mother, stepmother, brothers and sisters

Mourners filled the streets of the tiny Co Tipperary village, accompanying Ms White's coffin. The procession was led by members of her family, and flanked by members of the Cappawhite ladies football club, for which Ms White played

Ms White's family, including her mother, stepmother, brothers and sister, were consoled by mourners as they prepare to bury her in a plot next to her late father

Some 200 of Ms White's closest friends and family are believed to have turned out to accompany the hearse, before her coffin is laid in repose in the village church overnight

The family plot in the local cemetery was prepared ahead of the burial service. She will be buried with her father Pat, who lost a 20-year battle with brain cancer in 2012

The coffin was carried by Ms White’s family, including her brother James, from the funeral home to a waiting black hearse before it was taken to the church

The procession followed behind the coffin, led by Ms White’s mother Brigid, stepmother Brid, brother James, sisters Lisa and Sarah, stepbrother Tadgh and her half-sister Larina

Ms White's coffin inside the hearse that carried it to the Our Lady of Fatima Church, where it will lie in repose before the burial service

Mourners stood in silence as the coffin was taken from the funeral parlour, where family and friends gathered from 3.30pm yesterday to pay their respects

Members of the junior and senior Cappawhite ladies football team, in which Cathriona played, performed a guard of honour when the coffin was taken to the church.

Ms White’s coffin will repose overnight in the church, before the ceremony later today.

Yesterday afternoon, streams of neighbours and friends fathered outside Ms White's grandfather's funeral directors in the village to pay their respects to the tragic make-up artist.

Members of the Cappawhite ladies football club, for which Ms White played, line up for a Guard of Honour, as her coffin is removed from the funeral home to the church

Friends and family of Ms White line up in preparation for the procession, behind the hearse, on the coffin's final journey to the Cappawhite church on the other side of the village

Around 200 mourners joined with Ms White's friends and family in support, on the journey to the Our Lady of Fatima church in Cappawhite

The procession arrives at Our Lady of Fatima Church in Co Tipperary, where Ms White's coffin will lie in repose until the ceremony

Crowds of people from Ms White's home village of Cappawhite, and from further afield, gather outside the church where a Requiem Mass will be read

Hundreds of mourners accompany the coffin on its final journey to the Cappawhite village church, where Ms White's coffin will wait for the ceremony

Father Tadgh Furlong said the loss of a loved one was painful, but for the White family ‘the loss of someone so young’ was ‘even more painful’ for them to bear.

He added that the local community ‘would not be found wanting’ in support of the White family, and described her death as ‘tragic’ and ‘deeply sad’.

Ms White's sister Lisa, and her stepmother Brid, returned to Cappawhite this week after travelling to LA to repatriate her body.

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

Ms White's requiem mass is to take place this morning at 11.30am.

Due to the number of mourners expected at the funeral, a special speaker system has been set up outside Our Lady of Fatima Church in Cappawhite to broadcast the service.

Ms White's coffin is unloaded from the hearse, which has carried her body across her hometown from the family's funeral parlour

A Requiem Mass will be held for Ms White at 11.30am, which will be broadcast onto screens outside the church to help accommodate the high numbers of mourners expected

Father Tadgh Furlong said the loss of a loved one was painful, but for the White family ‘the loss of someone so young’ was ‘even more painful’ for them to bear

Ms White's family has asked mourners not to send flowers, but to instead donate money to two charities, the Simon Community, which works with homeless people, and the Circle of Friends, which supports people suffering with cancer.

Carrey arrived at Dublin Airport at 2.20am yesterday morning, in a Gulfstream V jet, owned by Flower in the Field Aviation in Santa Monica believed to have been carrying the actor and a small entourage.

The aircraft costs $4,800 an hour to charter, with the return trip from Los Angeles to Ireland costing in the region of $100,000.

It began its journey in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, where local police have been investigating Ms White's death, on September 28.

Several suicide notes were found in Ms White's home and police discovered prescription pills next to her body, some of which were reportedly obtained under an alias used by Jim Carrey.

Hundreds of mourners queuing this evening outside the funeral parlour, where White's body is currently being held ahead of the funeral service

Her body was removed from her grandfather's funeral home yesterday evening to the parish church in Cappawhite, Co Tipperary for her Requiem Mass

The mourners waiting to pay their respects to White's family, which includes her stepmother, mother, brothers and sisters

Ms White's siblings, James, Lisa, Sarah, Larina and Tadgh, as well as her grandparents James and Lilly, stepmother Bríd, and mother Brigid, and other family members, shook hands with mourners who filed past her closed coffin, on which a single framed portrait of Ms White rested

RadarOnline.com claimed to have spoken to someone who had seen Ms White's suicide note, which allegedly read: 'Jim, I love you. Please forgive me. I'm not for this world.'

Ms White is survived by her mother Brigid, stepmother Brid, and sisters Lisa, Larina and Sarah and brothers James and Tadhg.

A memorial service was held in Los Angels on Tuesday night.

Her friends in Los Angeles held a memorial service on Tuesday.

A friend shared a photo of the sign that greeted guests at Zorthian Ranch where the service was held, which featured a quote from Eckhart Tolle.

Under a black and white photo of White it said: 'You are not separate from the whole. You are one with the sun, the earth, the air. You don't have a life. You are life.'

Ms White's family has asked mourners not to send flowers, but to instead donate money to two charities, the Simon Community , which works with homeless people, and the Circle of Friends , which supports people suffering with cancer

Ms White's sister Lisa, and her stepmother Brid, returned to Cappawhite this week after travelling to LA to repatriate Ms White's body

The Our Lady of Fatima Church, in Cappawhite, where a Requiem Mass will be said for Ms White this morning at 11.30am

'Goodbye Cat. I love you,' wrote her friend Joshua Shultz on Instagram, sharing the photo of White from the service.

Her friend Jenny Burpee posted a photo of the sunset at Zorthia Ranch, writing: 'This sunset was for you dearest Cat.'

White was also branded a failure by her own mother just days before she took her own life, it has emerged.

According to gossip site TMZ, White received the message from Brigid Sweetman on the day of her 30th birthday. She killed herself nine days afterwards, on the third anniversary of her father's death.

Police investigating the death reportedly revealed the existence of the message - and also discovered that White had tried to kill herself before, in 2012, not long after the death of her father.

A plot has been prepared for the burial of Ms White, next to her father in the graveyard beside the parish church in Cappawhite, Co Tipperary

Remembering: A memorial for Cathriona White was held Tuesday evening in Los Angeles, where she had set up home after moving to the United States

Ms White had this professionally-shot image taken shortly before her death. An autopsy was completed last week, but an additional eight to 10 weeks will be needed for further testing before the coroner shares the results of their findings

White married Mark Burton, a cameraman she met in Los Angeles, last year. She eventually went back to Carrey, and intended to divorce Burton but never finalised it.

'I understand that she and Mr Burton were going to divorce but they were still officially married at the time of her death so he is her official next-of-kin. However, he can cede his right to her possessions to her family if he wishes,' Ed Winter, the assistant chief of the Los Angeles coroner's office, told The Times of London.

He also said that many of White's friends were not even aware of the fact that she was married, despite the fact that he was listed as next-of-kin on the death certificate.

An autopsy of the body was completed on Sunday, but an additional eight to 10 weeks will be needed for further testing before the coroner shares the results of their findings.

Husband: Mark Burton is the 38-year-old husband of Cathriona White, but the couple had become estranged in recent months

Hollywood: Mark Burton was a cameraman when he met Cathriona White. He is also a Scientologist. He is believed to have been helping Ms White's family with the funeral arrangements

Ms White posted a photograph on Instagram of a Gulfstream V she flew on in May from New York, claiming to be in 'a New York State of mind'

Hollywood star Jim Carrey is believed to have flown into Dublin Airport at 2.20am yesterday on this Gulfstream V private jet, in preparation for Ms White's burial service

Jim Carrey's bodyguard was pictured earlier this week packing the star's car in advance of his expected trip to Ireland to attend his tragic ex-girlfriend Cathriona White's funeral in Cappawhite, County Tipperary tomorrow

Location: Friends held a memorial service for Ms White this week, which took place at the Zorthian Ranch (pictured) in Los Angeles

A 'deferred death certificate' has been completed however so that White's body can travel back to Ireland.

HEART-RENDING STEPS INVOLVED IN A TRADITIONAL IRISH BURIAL

Mourners gathered at the White’s Funeral Home in Cappawhite to observe the first step in a Catholic funeral, that of the body’s repose, or wake.

Cathriona White’s body was laid out, in a closed coffin, to allow family and friends the opportunity to pay their respects to both her and her family.

Loved ones filed past the coffin, which bore a single framed photograph of Ms White, from 5pm to 8pm.

Next came the ‘removal’, which saw Ms White’s body taken by hearse to the Our Lady of Fatima Church, at the other end of the village.

Prayers will be said over the coffin tonight, before it is left in repose overnight in the church.

A burial plot has already been prepared in readiness for the funeral service, which will be held at 11.30am.

A Requiem Mass will be said for Ms White, before her coffin is taken to the church's cemetery for burial.

Ms White is to be buried in a plot alongside her father’s, who died of brain cancer in 2012.

Among the projects Burton and White worked on together were the short films; The Online Gamer: Zombies and The Online Gamer: Wedding.

'There is no way that Jim would have taken her out to public places if he thought she was married,' the source close to Carrey's family told The Hollywood Reporter.

'As far as Jim was concerned, Cat was separated from her husband and was going to start divorce proceedings in December. When people are separated they date or do whatever they need to do.'

Assistant chief coroner Ed Winter told People that there were four prescription pill bottles found near White's body - none of the prescriptions were under White's name.

Three of the prescriptions were found under one name while the fourth was under a second name.

The name on three of the pill bottles was an alias for Carrey, law enforcement sources told TMZ. It is unknown what name the fourth bottle was under.

Winter previously told People that multiple notes - including one addressed to Carrey - were also found at the scene in her Sherman Oaks home.

'There were several notes found,' Winter said. And though he does now know what the contents of each letter was, 'There was a note [addressed] to Mr Carrey'.

A source told the Sunday People: 'Jim has been left devastated after the tragic death of Cathriona.

'Attending her funeral in Ireland will be the least he could do to pay tribute to the woman he loved.'

The source said the actor had been in touch in White's family, who wanted him at the funeral. 'They know how much he meant to her,' the source added.

White's mother Brigid and sister Lisa flew to Los Angeles to take her body home to Ireland last week.

Carrey was spotted arriving at his former lover's home in the Sherman Oaks area of Los Angeles last week.

He reportedly spoke with White's sister Lisa and the pair left with a stack of boxes a few hours later.

There has been no sighting of Mr Carrey or Mr Burton at this evening's removal in Cappawhite.

According to the People, the parish priest in Cappawhite revealed that Cathriona had been unable to return home for her father's funeral.

Fr Tadgh Furlong claimed she could not say goodbye to the man who had raised her after her mother Brigid moved to England because she was residing illegally in the United States.

Police may question Carrey about White's death, which came five days after the Dumb and Dumber star ended their relationship.

Ms White (second right) pictured with her mother Brigid Sweetman (left), at the wedding of Ms White's sister Lisa (in white), with brother James (right)

Carrey and White first began dating in 2012 and had been in an on-off relationship for three years, which ended last month.

A picture emerged after White's death of her and Carrey kissing on a romantic birthday date at a Malibu Restaurant on September 19, just days before she died.

White posted a heart-breaking final message on Twitter, which read: 'Signing off Twitter, I hope I have been a light to my nearest and dearest.'

In a posting the day before she had quoted the Irish poet W.B. Yeats's line: 'Faeries, come take me out of this dull world'.

DailyMail.com revealed White, a Scientologist, had been taking 'survival' courses at the religion's celebrity center in the past few months.

Jim Carrey's security and assistants put packed clothes into vehicles outside his Los Angeles home, after the news of Ms White's death emerged

Lisa White, pictured at LAX on Saturday, reportedly went to visit Carrey at her sister Cathriona White's LA Sherman Oaks area house where her sister was found dead