Don Mullan

Don Mullan is the author of the acclaimed bestsellers, Eyewitness Bloody Sunday and The Dublin & Monaghan Bombings, which played a crucial role in British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s decision to establish a new Bloody Sunday Inquiry in 1998.

Don Mullan is a native of Derry and was educated at St Joseph’s Secondary School, Creggan; the Development Studies Department, Holy Ghost College, Kimmage, Dublin; and Iona College, New York. Aged fifteen, he witnessed the Bloody Sunday massacre while attending his first Northern Ireland Civil Rights March. His involvement with the Northern Ireland Civil Rights movement led him to work on civil and human rights issues around the world.

In 1980, aged twenty-four, he became Director of AfrI (Action From Ireland), a Dublin-based justice, peace and human rights organisation. In 1983-4 he worked as a volunteer in Recife, Brazil. In 1994, he attended the inauguration of President Nelson Mandela, as the guest of Archbishop Tutu. He worked with Concern Worldwide for almost two years, during which time he visited Rwanda and Zaïre.

He now works as a freelance journalist/writer/broadcaster and has just written his third book - A Gift of Roses, Memories of the Visit to Ireland of St Therese to critical acclaim.