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- Iagan Mór
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John Currie, also known as "Iagain Mór" (Big Johnny) was born in East Bay to Red Donald and Christie Ann Currie. He was known as a very good bard and was the younger brother of Michael D. Currie, a frequent contributor to Teachdaire nan Gaidheal. His maternal grandfather was the son of Niall who with his family, immigrated to the Boisdale are in the 1820s. Niall's father, Lachlann, along with his brother Iain, were well-known and respected bards. Before emigrating, Lachlann read a testimony before the Gaelic Society of London in which he listed his patronymic back eighteen generations through his father, Niall (the last hereditary bard to be patronized in Scotland) to Muireadhach Albannach, who came from Ireland in the 13th century to serve as bard to the Lords of the Isles. The Curries are also sometimes referred to as MacMhuirich or MacVurich. Lachlann and Iain both later removed to Blackett's Lake.