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Funeral arrangements in Ireland have been announced for Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra, who was found dead aboard a Montauk Yacht Club boat early Aug. 5.
Services will be held Wednesday, Aug. 20, at The Cathedral of the Assumption in Carlow, Ireland (5 a.m. EDT), with burial afterward at St. Mary’s Cemetery, according to her obituary at RIP.ie.
Nolan-O’Slatarra’s obituary calls her a “beloved daughter…much loved sister…adored partner of Nick,” and adds, “May Martha’s gentle soul rest in peace.”
A webstream of the service will be available here.
The 33-year-old Irish-born swimwear designer and founder of East × East was found unresponsive aboard a SeaRay vessel docked at the yacht club just after midnight and pronounced dead shortly later.
Police said initial autopsy reports indicate that violence did not play a role in her death, though Suffolk County’s East End Drug Task Force is investigating her death. Full autopsy and toxicology results may take months, and her family has requested a second autopsy.
Authorities have also addressed unverified claims that Nolan-O’Slatarra had been battling brain cancer, which her family strongly denied.
Christopher Durnan, the owner of the boat where Nolan-O’Slatarra was found dead, had a prior brush with the law in 2021, according to multiple media reports, including one from the New York Post.
The New York Post reported that Durnan, 60, was sued by retired FDNY firefighter Michael Balfe, a Ground Zero first responder, who alleged that Durnan — a widower who owns multi-million dollar homes in Montauk, Long Beach and Palm Beach, Florida — bit and assaulted him during a Sept. 11 anniversary concert at Webster Hall.
Durnan faced multiple criminal charges, including assault and drug possession, but ultimately pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, the reports said. The civil lawsuit was settled in December 2023.
Nolan-O’Slatarra lived on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, but often spent time in the Hamptons and Montauk for work.
