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| | p205 Chap 9, Manx Worthies - Rose and Barbara Standish |
 | | Between 1661 and 1665, John Standish, probably William's son, was an M.H.K., and was one of those who tried Illiam Dhone. |
 | | These Standishes held a quantity of intack property in Lezayre besides Ellanbane, and, though the family has long since disappeared, there is to this day a curragh called Standishes' Curragh in that parish. |
 | | In 1871, a monument was erected to Captain Myles Standish, and at the dinner, which took place after it was unveiled, a tribute was paid to ROSE STANDISH, she being designated as " the type of womanly sacrifice." " It was a graceful act," writes Mr. |
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