Michael Nash (born 1965) is an Irish retired hurler. At club level, he played with South Liberties and at inter-county level with the Limerick senior hurling team.

Career

Nash played hurling at all grades as a secondary school student at Limerick CBS. At club level, he played hurling and

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with South Liberties. Nash won consecutive Limerick U21FC titles in 1985 and 1986. At inter-county level, Nash joined the Limerick senior hurling team during the 1987–88 National League. He was on and off the team over the next few years but made a permanent return in 1993. Nash won Munster SHC medals in 1994 and 1996, however, Limerick faced subsequent All-Ireland final defeats by

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and

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respectively. He added a

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medal to his collection in 1997. Performances at inter-county level for Limerick resulted in Nash being called up to the

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inter-provincial team. He won a

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medals in 1995 after a one-point win over

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in the final.

Personal life

His brother, Declan Nash, played alongside him during Limerick's Munster SHC successes in 1994 and 1996. His nephew, Anthony Nash, lined out in goal with the Cork senior hurling team and won four Munster SHC medals.

Honours

;South Liberties *Limerick Under-21 Football Championship: 1985, 1986 ;Limerick *

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1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

;Munster *

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

References

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