Oscar winner Brenda Fricker had asked her mourners to shed "no tears" and "fill the church with laughter" at her funeral mass.
The 81-year-old acting legend, who passed away on July 16 at Harold's Cross Hospice in Dublin, arranged her own funeral before she died.
She nominated best pal Liz Duffy to thank Brenda's favourite shops she frequented while living all her life on Meath Street in Dublin.
Speaking at St. Catherine's Church on Meath Street on Thursday morning, Liz said Brenda wanted to thank local shop owners, including Jaynie's Hairdressers, Foley's pharmacy and her local fish shop.
She also thanked the local deli, who used to look after her dog Juno with treats.
She said: "Brenda just asked me to do this. She gave me all her wishes. I think I've fulfilled them, haven't I?
"She just wanted me to thank all her neighbours, everybody in Meath Street, and to name our special shops."
Liz told mourners, which included Brendan Gleeson, Jim Sheridan, and RTÉ's Director-General Kevin Bakhurst, to be happy for Brenda "because she's out of her pain and misery."
"So listen, thank you very much, and please, please be happy for her, because that's what she wanted: smiles and laughter and funny stories. Please just be happy for her for today, because she's out of her pain and misery," she added.
Parish Priest Monsignor Eoin Thynne told the congregation that Brenda "lived a life full to the brim, full of love, laughter, stories, kindness, and mischief."
He said: "Brenda lived a life full to the brim, full of love, laughter, stories, kindness, and mischief, and she was very clear about what she wanted today: no tears, no sadness, no fuss.
"This is not a day for sorrow. This is a day of celebration, the celebration of a true legend who touched the lives of so many, and left us with many, many wonderful memories.
"Let us cherish the memories. Let us pray with faith and hope, and let us send her off exactly as she wanted, with dignity, with affection, and with plenty of joy in our hearts."
He said Brenda was a "free spirit," adding that "she shot from the hip" and hated being called before 12 pm.
He said: "Brenda was happiest when she was walking among the people here in the Liberties. You see, this was her spiritual home, and she soon discovered that she was a Liberty Belle at heart, because the people of the Liberties are a special breed.
"They're kind, they're true, they're warm-hearted, no pretense, and they make you feel welcome from the very first day."
He said Brenda wanted her funeral to be "simple and dignified," adding: "No grand display, just those she loved gathered together. But there was one thing she asked above all else - a blessing."
He said Brenda "loved an audience" but said that when she won the Academy Award for "My Left Foot," what mattered more to her was "bringing out the best in people."
"Brenda spent her life creating beautiful memories for everyone around her. She was an actor through and through, living her art not just when the camera rolled or when the lights came up, but every single day of her life.
"She loved an audience. She loved you, her friends, her family, her neighbors, her crew. You were her favourite audience of all. She loved the magic of the cinema, the thrill of the curtain rising at the theater, where stories came alive, and where dreams took flight, and of course, she loved her dog Juno, her constant companion.
"She won the highest honour in her profession, an Academy Award. And do you know what that really mattered to her? What really mattered to her was not the trophy, not the applause or the recognition. What mattered most of all was bringing out the best in people.
"That was Brenda's greatest gift - to see the light in others and help to make it shine brightly. Brenda will be remembered for so many films and so many television roles."
Filmmaker Virginia Gilbert spoke about her close friendship with Brenda, calling her a "truth-teller."
She said: "For the past 15 years, Brenda has walked beside me in my life every day, sometimes for hours, sometimes for a few brief minutes.
"But right up until the last few days, there was not a day we weren't in contact, even during the periods she was utterly furious with me, which thankfully weren't too frequent, but we certainly had our moments.
"The friendship I experienced with Brenda was unlike any other I have ever known, or ever will again. It transcended any boundaries, for good and for ill.
"Sometimes, she was a truth teller like no other, and her ferocity was that of passionate love. When she loved you, she loved fully and deeply, and with her whole self, not consuming, but renewing, boosting and encouraging, warning and admonishing, pleading and vulnerable, and everything so powerfully human and humane.
"And yes, she could be infuriating, and stubborn, and demanding, and sometimes a little bit spiteful, and jagged, and needy, and overwhelming, and sunk into despair. But it was always her - the true, raw essence, the essential person-nothing hidden."
Brenda's coffin left the church to Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock" to a round of applause. She was buried in a private burial afterwards.
*This article was originally published on Evoke.ie.
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