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Martha Nolan, the 33-year-old expat Irish fashion designer found dead on a 54-foot Sea Ray at the Montauk Yacht Club earlier this month, has been laid to rest in her home country.
Her boyfriend, Nicholas DiRubio, delivered a eulogy at the funeral in Carlow, Ireland, Wednesday morning, about 55 miles from Dublin.
“Martha had a way of putting people first. She loved helping people and many of you in this room have been lucky enough to experience that love, whether it was telling you to cop on or focus on the good in this life, or just being a shoulder to lean on,” he said, according to the Irish Mirror. “The shining light that Martha brought into this world is a reflection of everybody in this room. For friends, family, loved ones, both past and present, we’ve all been lucky to have known Martha and we must live every day forward with her in our hearts. May she rest in peace.”
Arthur Aidala, a high-profile New York attorney hired by her family, said relatives met with homicide detectives and that a “deep, deep” investigation was underway to determine what happened to her before she died and called early reports of a potential overdose premature and speculative.

Martha Nolan was identified as the woman found unresponsive on a docked boat in Montauk. Suffolk County police are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding her death. (Tiktok/ @martha_nolan)
Town of East Hampton police arrived at the Montauk Yacht Club around midnight on Aug. 5 in response to a report of an unconscious woman on a Sea Ray Sundancer 540 docked there, named the Ripple. When officers arrived, good Samaritans were attempting CPR, according to authorities. But first responders pronounced Nolan dead at the scene.
County homicide detectives took over the investigation later that morning.
Nolan was the founder of East x East, a boutique fashion company focused on summerwear and sunglasses for men and women.