Michael Cashman (1931 – 17 September 1988) was an Irish hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Cork senior team.
As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, Cashman won six Railway Cup medals.
In 1956 Cashman was captain of the Blackrock senior hurling team that reached the final of the county championship.
A 2–10 to 2–2 defeat of northside kingpins Glen Rovers gave Cashmna his first championship medal.
Former sub 'keeper Dave Creedon was recalled and proved so effective in goal that he succeeded in displacing Cashman as the first-choice goalkeeper for a number of years.
The game turned on one important incident as the Wexford goalkeeper, Art Foley, made a miraculous save from a Ring shot and cleared the sliotar up the field to set up another attack.
[7] He served as captain of the team again in 1962, however, he retired from inter-county hurling following Cork’s early exit from the championship.
He won a sixth and final Railway Cup winners' medal in 1963 as Munster accounted for Leinster by just a single point.
[8] In retirement from hurling Cashman came to be regarded as one of Cork’s greatest players never to win an All-Ireland medal.
Partial Reference: Cork GAA website Inter-County SHC Results and Teams.
Partial Reference: Cork GAA website Inter-County SHC Results and Teams.