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{{short description|Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer}}
{{primary sources|date=April 2008}}
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{{Use Hiberno-English|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox Gaelic games player
| image =
| name = Mick Holden
| irish = Mícheál Ó hOláin
| nickname = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1954|10|3}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2007|7|26|1954|10|3}}
| birth_place = [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
| death_place = [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
| feet = 6
| inches = 0
| occupation = 
| sport = Gaelic football
| code = Football
| county = Dublin
| province = Leinster
| clposition = 
| club = 
| clubs = [[Cuala CLG|Cuala]]
| clyears = 
| clcounty = 0
| clapps(points) =
| icposition = Full-back
| icyears = 1979-1985
| icapps(points) = 
| counties = [[Dublin county football team|Dublin]]
| icprovince = 4
| icallireland = 1
| nfl = 0
| allstars = 0
| icupdate = 
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'''Mick Holden''' (3 October 1954 – 26 September 2007) was a [[Gaelic football]]er and [[Hurling|hurler]] for [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]] and [[Cuala CLG]].

==Playing career==
Holden was on the 1983 All-Ireland winning Dublin side that defeated [[Galway county football team|Galway]] by a scoreline of 1–10 to 1–8. He also played with the Dublin hurlers and won the [[Railway Cup]] with [[Leinster GAA|Leinster]] in 1979. Six years later, he became one of the few players to win the Railway Cup in both codes, when he was a member of the victorious Leinster football panel.<ref name="hoganstand.com">[http://www.hoganstand.com/dublin/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=83899 Hoganstand.com - GAA Football & Hurling<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==Death==
Holden died suddenly on the morning of 26 September 2007.<ref name="hoganstand.com"/>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070202003939/http://www.cualagaa.ie/home.asp Official Club Website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070311053035/http://www.cualagaa.ie/History.htm#7 History Of Cuala CLG]
* [http://www.hill16.ie Official Dublin Website]
* [http://www.gaa.ie Official GAA Website]
* [http://www.anfearrua.ie/db.asp?a=topicdisplay&tid=387571&xpos=0 Fans Tributes]

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[[Category:1954 births]]
[[Category:2007 deaths]]
[[Category:Cuala Gaelic footballers]]
[[Category:Cuala hurlers]]
[[Category:Dual players]]
[[Category:Dublin inter-county Gaelic footballers]]
[[Category:Dublin inter-county hurlers]]
[[Category:Gaelic football backs]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Dún Laoghaire]]
[[Category:Winners of one All-Ireland medal (Gaelic football)]]
[[Category:20th-century Irish sportsmen]]


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