Don Mullan (born 1956, Derry, Northern Ireland) is an Irish author and media producer. His book Eyewitness Bloody Sunday is officially recognised as a primary catalyst for a new Bloody Sunday inquiry, which became the longest-running and most expensive in British legal history. Mullan, who is dyslexic, has spoken widely and was co-producer of a highly acclaimed and multi-award-winning film about Bloody Sunday that was inspired by his book. Early life and education Mullan was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1956 and attended St. Eugene's Primary School, St Joseph's Boys' School, St. Patrick's College, Kiltegan, Co. Wicklow; St. Kieran's College, Kilkenny; Ulster Polytechnic; Holy Ghost College, Dublin; and Iona College, New Rochelle, New York. Action From Ireland Mullan was Director of AFrI (Action from Ireland) between 1979 and 1993, during which he and his colleagues developed the Great Famine Project. He was one of the first in the Irish world to recognise the approaching 150th anniversary of The Great Famine (The Great Hunger) as "a unique historical moment". AFrI's project helped to generate awareness of the anniversary all over Ireland and throughout the world. Mullan established a "famine walk" in Co. Mayo, commemorating an actual walk of starving Irish peasants in 1848. The walk attracted the attention of ABC, NBC and CBS News during its first three years, 1988–90. The walk continues as an annual event. As part of the project Mullan established several connections with the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and was made an Honorary Chief. The Great Famine Project was multi-disciplined and involved publications, documentaries, dramas and commemorative events including the marking of forgotten mass Famine graves containing the sacred remains of thousands of Irish victims. St. Brigid's Peace Cross and St. Brigid's Fire With five young boys from Derry, Mullan founded in 1983 the St. Brigid's Peace Cross and was instrumental in having St. Brigid's Fire in Kildare permanently rekindled on 1 February 2006. The fire had burned in Kildare for over a thousand years before it was extinguished during the Protestant Reformation. Humanitarian work Mullan worked for the humanitarian agency Concern Worldwide from 1994 until 1996, during which he visited Rwanda and the refugee camps in Zaire. He also worked in Brazil, from 1983 to 1984, during which he organised famine relief to the north-east of the country. Mullan was detained at Johannesburg and refused entry into apartheid South Africa in 1985. In 1994 he