James Cashman (born 9 June 1965) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a centre-back for the Cork senior team.
[1] Born in Blackrock, Cork, Cashman first played competitive hurling during his schooling at Coláiste Chríost Rí.
He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Cork minor team before later joining the under-21 side.
As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Cashman won one Railway Cup medal.
[3] After enjoying little championship success in the minor and under-21 grades with Blackrock, Cashman subsequently joined the senior team.
Cashman, in the company of his brother Tom, Michael Browne, Kilkennyman Frank Cummins, Éamonn O'Donoghue and Finbarr Delaney, gave a masterful display.
[5] A 3–17 to 0–8 trouncing of University College Cork, with Cashman giving a man of the match display again, gave him a second championship medal.
Four Cork goals, one from John Fenton, two from Tomás Mulcahy and one from Kevin Hennessy, stymied the Galway attack and helped the Rebels to a 4–13 to 2–15 victory.
Galway were once again the red-hot favourites and justified this tag by going seven points ahead in the opening thirty-five minutes thanks to a masterful display by Cashman's opposite number Joe Cooney.
The game was effectively decided on an incident which occurred midway through the second half when Cork goalkeeper Ger Cunningham blocked a point-blank shot from Martin Naughton with his nose.
Cork surrendered their All-Ireland crown to Tipperary in 1991, however, in spite of an early championship exit Cashman finished the year with a second All-Star.
At half-time Cork were two points ahead, however, two second-half goals by John Power and Michael "Titch" Phelan supplemented a first-half D. J. Carey penalty which gave Kilkenny a 3–10 to 1–12 victory.