Mark Foley (born 6 July 1967) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a centre-forward for the Cork senior hurling team.
Born in Timoleague, County Cork, Foley first played competitive hurling during his schooling at St. Finbarr's College.
He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Cork minor team before later joining the under-21 and junior sides.
As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on one occasion, Foley never won a Railway Cup medal.
During his schooling at the St. Finbarr's College, Foley established himself as a key member of the senior hurling team.
Midleton, one of the most successful teams of the previous decade, provided the opposition, however, a 3–12 to 3–6 victory gave Foley a Cork Senior Hurling Championship medal.
[citation needed] After missing the 1984 championship due to a broken jaw, Foley was back the following year as a member of the starting fifteen.
[3] In 1987 Foley was a late addition to the Cork junior team that faced Wexford in the All-Ireland decider on 25 July 1987.
Galway were once again the red-hot favourites and justified this tag by going seven points ahead in the opening thirty-five minutes thanks to a masterful display by Joe Cooney.
The game was effectively decided on an incident which occurred midway through the second half when Cork goalkeeper Ger Cunningham blocked a point-blank shot from Martin Naughton with his nose.
At half-time Cork were two points ahead, however, two second-half goals by John Power and Michael "Titch" Phelan supplemented a first-half D. J. Carey penalty which gave Kilkenny a 3–10 to 1–12 victory.
He was dropped from the starting fifteen for the subsequent championship campaign, a move which effectively brought an end to his inter-county career, as he had started a very busy dental practice in Bantry in West Cork which was demanding huge amounts of his time.