Vincent Mullins (born 1959) is an Irish former hurler. At club level he played with St. Mary's Clonmel and was also a member of the

Tipperary senior hurling team The Tipperary county hurling team represents Tipperary in hurling and is governed by Tipperary GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Seni ...

. He usually lined out as a goalkeeper.

Career

Mullins played juvenile and underage hurling with the St. Mary's club in

Clonmel Clonmel () is the county town and largest settlement of County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The town is noted in Irish history for its resistance to the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, Cromwellian army which sacked the towns of Dro ...

. He was just 16-years-old when he lined out with the St. Mary's team that won the County Junior Championship title in 1975, before later winning a South Tipperary Senior Championship title in 1981. Mullins's performances for the club brought him to the attention of the Tipperary minor team selectors and he lined out in goal for their All-Ireland Minor Championship success in 1976. He progressed onto the Tipperary under-21 team and won consecutive All-Ireland Under-21 Championship titles from 1979 and 1980. Mullins lined out as sub-goalkeeper with the

for one season.

Honours

;St. Mary's Clonmel *

South Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship The South Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship (known for sponsorship reasons as the Clonmel Oil South Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship) is an annual hurling competition organised by the South Tipperary Board of the Gaelic Athletic Associ ...

: 1981 *

Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship The Tipperary Junior A Hurling Championship is an annual championship of hurling for male players in the junior grade and is organised by the Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). The championship has been awarded alm ...

: 1975 ;Tipperary * All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship:

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

* Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship:

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

* All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship:

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

* Munster Minor Hurling Championship:

References

External links

Vincent Mullins profile
on Tipp GAA Archives website {{DEFAULTSORT:Mullins, Vincent 1959 births Living people Hurling goalkeepers St Mary's (Tipperary) hurlers Tipperary inter-county hurlers