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| Born | 10 July 1966 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Quantity surveyor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Declan Nash (born 10 July 1966) is an Irish hurling selector and former player. At club level,he played with South Liberties and at inter-county level with the Limerick senior hurling team.
Nash played hurling at all grades as a student at Limerick CBS. He was part of the school's senior team that lost to St Finbarr's College in the final of the Dr Harty Cup in 1984. [1] At club level,Nash played hurling and Gaelic football with South Liberties. He won consecutive Limerick U21FC titles in 1985 and 1986. [2] [3]
At inter-county level,Nash first played for Limerick as part of the minor team that beat Kilkenny to win the All-Ireland MHC title in 1984. [4] He progressed to the under-21 team and won consecutive Munster U21HC titles,before claiming an All-Ireland U21HC medal after a 2-15 to 3-06 win over Galway in the 1987 final. [5]
Nash joined the senior team during the 1987–88 National League. It was in that competition that he collected his first silverware when Limerick claimed the league title in 1992. [6] Nash won Munster SHC medals in 1994 and 1996,however,Limerick faced subsequent All-Ireland final defeats by Offaly and Wexford respectively. [7] [8] He added a second National League medal to his collection in 1997. [9]
Performances at inter-county level for Limerick resulted in Nash being called up to the Munster inter-provincial team. He won consecutive Railway Cup medals in 1995 and 1996. [10]
Nash served as a selector during Pad Joe Whelehan's term as manager of the Limerick senior hurling team. [11] His tenure as part of the management team saw him resign twice from the role in the space of a few months. [12] [13]
His brother,Mike Nash,played alongside him during Limerick's Munster SHC successes in 1994 and 1996. [14] His nephew,Anthony Nash,lined out in goal with the Cork senior hurling team and won four Munster SHC medals. [15]