Hi, I was surprised to see your post. My mother is currently doing a family book on her side of the family. Her maiden name is Mullin and her ancestry on the Mullin side goes back to an ancestor by the name of Thomas Mullin who lived in Letterdeen, Clifden around 1790 to 1820 (approx). A son of his, Patrick, joined the British Army and was sent out to South Africa on HMS Birkenhead in 1852 which sank off the coast of Cape Town. he was one of the few who survived which lead the Mullin family to eventually remain in South Africa (Grahamstown area to be exact). My mothers father was born in Grahamstown and the eventually immigrated to Rhodesia where my mother and eventually I was born. Does this fit with anything you have.
