Catherine was ‘beautiful in beauty’s purest form’

“She was beautiful in beauty’s purest form, a soul filled with goodness,” Catherine Gowing’s sister Emma told mourners at her requiem Mass yesterday.

Hundreds of mourners gathered in Kinnitty, Co Offaly, for the funeral of the 37-year-old vet who was murdered in Wales in October. A 46-year-old Welshman has been charged with her murder.

Born in Clareen, Co Offaly, Catherine studied as a vet in Budapest before moving to Wales to work.