Joseph Holden (born 2 July 1990) is an Irish hurler who plays as a full-back for Kilkenny Senior Championship club Ballyhale Shamrocks.
Holden joined the Ballyhale Shamrocks club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels.
[1] On 30 November 2008, Holden won a Leinster Championship medal as a non-playing substitute following Ballyhale's 2–13 to 0–11 defeat of Birr in the final.
Holden was again listed amongst the substitutes when Ballyhale Shamrocks faced James Stephens in a second consecutive final on 25 October 2009.
[2] On 29 November 2009, Holden won a second Leinster Championship medal as a non-playing substitute following Ballyhale's 1–16 to 1–08 defeat of Tullamore in the final.
[4] On 23 October 2011, Holden lined out at left wing-back when Ballyhale Shamrocks faced James Stephens in the final for the third time in five years.
[11] On 28 October 2018, Holden claimed his fifth winners' medal when Ballyhale Shamrocks defeated Bennettsbridge by 2–20 to 2–17 to win the Kilkenny Championship.
[12] He again lined out at full-back when Ballyhale faced Ballyboden St. Enda's in the Leinster final and ended the game with a fourth provincial winners' medal after the 2–21 to 0–11 victory.
[15] On 27 October 2019, Holden lined out at full-back when Ballyhale Shamrocks faced James Stephens in the Kilkenny Championship final.
[17] On 18 January 2020, Holden made his fourth All-Ireland final appearance when Ballyhale Shamrocks faced Borris-Ileigh.
[22] Holden was dropped from the starting fifteen for the replay on 27 September 2014 but was introduced on two occasions as a temporary substitute for both Jackie Tyrrell and J. J. Delaney.
He ended the game with a second successive All-Ireland medal following the 1–22 to 1–18 victory while he also had the honour of lifting the Liam MacCarthy Cup as captain.
[32] On 30 June 2019, Holden was selected at left wing-back when Kilkenny qualified to play Wexford in the Leinster final.