The funeral of Oscar-winning Irish actress Brenda Fricker will take place in Dublin on Thursday, following her death last month. The service will begin at 11:00 local time at St. Catherine's Church, before a private burial.
Fricker won the Oscar for best supporting actress in 1990 for playing Daniel Day-Lewis's on-screen mother in My Left Foot. She was the first Irish woman to do so.
The 81-year-old was also widely known for playing nurse Megan Roach in the BBC's Casualty from 1986, making her final appearance in 2010, and for playing the Central Park pigeon lady in the 1992 sequel to Home Alone.
Her funeral notice said she was predeceased by her husband Barry, mother Bina, father Desmond and sister Gráinne. The service will be broadcast live online.
Born in Dublin, Fricker began her acting career with roles in television and theatre, including Ireland's first soap opera Tolka Row in the 1960s and ITV soap Coronation Street in 1977.
She was in the cast of the first episode of the long-running BBC medical drama Casualty in 1986, remaining a fixture until 1990 and returning regularly in the years that followed.
She made history in 1990 when she became the first Irish woman to win an Academy Award, beating Hollywood stars including Julia Roberts and Anjelica Huston.
In her speech, she dedicated the award to all the people of Ireland.
My Left Foot told the true story of an Irish man named Christy Brown, played by Day-Lewis, who was born with cerebral palsy and could control only his left foot. The actor also won an Oscar, his first of three, for his starring role.
Perhaps her most memorable role, however, came two years later when Fricker was cast as the homeless bird lady befriended by Macaulay Culkin's Kevin in Home Alone 2.
Her other film credits included 1993's So I Married An Axe Murderer, 1994's Angels In The Outfield, 1996's A Time To Kill and 2003's Veronica Guerin.
However, she later claimed she would have gone on to have a better career if it hadn't been for her success at the Oscars.
