Limerick's Barry Nash happy to make case for defence 

The South Liberties man is thriving since making the switch.

STEPPING OUT: Limerick hurler Barry Nash at the ONEILLS.COM Under-20 All Ireland Hurling Championship Launch 2023 at Croke Park on Thursday. Picture: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

By a quirk of fate or just the scheduling of Thursday’s O’Neill's U20 All-Ireland hurling championship launch, Galway and Kilkenny U20 captains Adam Nolan and Paddy Langton were privy to Barry Nash’s interview with a group of journalists.

Sitting at the adjacent table in the Croke Park suite, they heard all about the Limerick man’s tale of redemption and reinvention. How he was, like they are now, an under-age hero only for the plan to go pear-shaped in the senior ranks.