Michael Mullins (born 1968) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right wing-forward for the Cork senior hurling team.
Mullins immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won one All-Ireland medal as a non-playing substitute.
As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Mullins never won one Railway Cup medal on the field of play.
After enjoying championship success in the under-21 grade with Na Piarsaigh, Mullins quickly joined the senior team.
The replay was also a close affair, however, a narrow 2–7 to 1–8 victory gave Mullins a Cork Senior Hurling Championship medal.
Three years later Mullins lined out in a fourth championship decider as North Cork minnows Ballyhea provided the opposition.
[2] Mullins first played for Cork as a member of the minor hurling team on 16 May 1985 in a 1–12 to 1–8 Munster semi-final defeat of Limerick.
Mullins made his senior hurling championship debut for Cork on 14 June 1987 when he was introduced as a substitute in a 3–11 apiece Munster quarter-final draw with Limerick.
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.