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Tag - Elizabeth Sugrue

Lady Betty

Lady Betty, thief, Murderer and Executioner Elizabeth Sugrue was not a popular figure in Roscommon; She was known to have a violent temper, had robbed and murdered her Son and had literally saved her own neck by volunteering to hang 25 individuals including children. Sugrue was born in Kerry around 1750 her Husband had died, leaving her with two young children...