Barry Nash

Minor and under-21

Nash first played for Limerick as a member of the county's minor team. On 23 July 2013, he scored three points from play when Limerick won their first Munster Championship title in 29 years after a 1–20 to 4–08 defeat of Waterford in a replay of the final.^[1]

Nash was eligible for the minor team again in 2014 and won a second successive Munster Championship medal after a 0–24 to 0–18 second successive defeat of Waterford in a replay of the final.^[2] On 7 September 2014, Nash scored two points in Limerick's 2–17 to 0–19 All-Ireland final defeat by Kilkenny.^[3]

On 30 July 2015, Nash won a Munster Championship medal with the Limerick under-21 team after a 0–22 to 0–19 win over Clare in the final.^[4] On 12 September 2015, he was named man of the match when Limerick defeated Wexford by 0–26 to 1–07 in the All-Ireland final.^[5]

After surrendering their title in 2016, Nash won a second Munster Championship medal the following year after a 0–16 to 1–11 defeat of Cork in the final.^[6] On 9 September 2017, Nash was at left corner-forward in Limerick's 0–17 to 0–11 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final.^[7]

Senior

Nash was drafted onto the Limerick senior hurling team in January 2016.^[8] He made his first appearance for the team in a 2–23 to 0–15 defeat of Wexford in the National Hurling League on 13 February 2016.^[9] Later that season, Nash made his first Munster Championship appearance in a 3–12 to 1–16 defeat by Tipperary.^[10]

On 6 February 2017, it was announced that Nash had withdrawn from the Limerick senior hurling panel for "personal reasons".^[11] Team manager John Kiely stated: "It is what it is. I have no doubt Barry will have a major part to play in the years ahead, who knows, maybe even at some point later this year, he may find himself in a position to return to training."^[12] Just over a month after leaving the panel, Nash returned to training.^[13]

On 19 August 2018, Nash was a non-playing substitute when Limerick won their first All-Ireland title in 45 years after a 3–16 to 2–18 defeat of Galway in the final.^[14]

On 31 March 2019, Nash was named on the bench for Limerick's National League final meeting with Waterford at Croke Park. He collected a winners' medal as a non-playing substitute in the 1–24 to 0–19 victory.^[15] On 30 June 2019, Nash won a Munster Championship medal after coming on as a 70th-minute substitute for Declan Hannon in Limerick's 2–26 to 2–14 defeat of Tipperary in the final.^[16]

On 25 October 2020, Nash won a second successive National League medal after Limerick's 0–36 to 1–23 win over Clare in the delayed final.^[17] Later that season he claimed a second successive Munster Championship medal after lining out at left corner-back in the 0–25 to 0–21 Munster final defeat of Waterford.^[18]