[1] According to William Wilde (1815–1876), who collected stories about her from locals, Elizabeth had a "violent temper" and Pádraig often threatened to leave home.
[1][4] She was not the first hangwoman in Ireland, however; an unidentified woman hanged two men for murder on 13 November 1782 at Kilmainham.
Elizabeth died in 1807 and was buried in an unmarked grave inside the walls of Roscommon Gaol.
[8] In 1884, an article on her written by Charlotte O'Conor Eccles appeared in the Weekly Irish Times.
[11] In 2021, a short animated film Lady Betty was produced by Irish production company Whackala.