| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Mícheál de Nais | ||
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Full-back | ||
| Born | 1965 (age 59–60) Limerick, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Occupation | Garda Síochána | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| South Liberties | |||
| Colleges(s) | |||
| Years | College | ||
| Garda College | |||
| College titles | |||
| Fitzgibbon titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
1987-1998 | Limerick | ||
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 2 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 1 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
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.
Nash played hurling at all grades as a secondary school student at Limerick CBS. [1] At club level, he played hurling and Gaelic football with South Liberties. Nash won consecutive Limerick U21FC titles in 1985 and 1986. [2] [3]
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 Offaly and Wexford respectively. [4] [5] He added a National Hurling League medal to his collection in 1997. [6]
Performances at inter-county level for Limerick resulted in Nash being called up to the Munster inter-provincial team. He won a Railway Cup medals in 1995 after a one-point win over Ulster in the final. [7]
His brother, Declan Nash, played alongside him during Limerick's Munster SHC successes in 1994 and 1996. [8] His nephew, Anthony Nash, lined out in goal with the Cork senior hurling team and won four Munster SHC medals. [9]