Exhibit 23.1

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

             We consent to the  incorporation  by reference in the  Registration
Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the Amended and Restated 1999 Director  Stock
Incentive  Plan of our report  dated  October 19,  1999,  with  respect  to  the
consolidated   financial   statements   and   schedules of   Amcast   Industrial
Corporation  incorporated  by reference in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the
year ended August 31, 1999, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                          /s/Ernst & Young LLP
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                                          Ernst & Young LLP

Dayton, Ohio
April 17, 2000