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                                                      Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report (Form
10-K) of Amcast Industrial Corporation and subsidiaries of our report
dated October 7, 1994, included in the 1994 Annual Report to Shareholders
of Amcast Industrial Corporation.

Our audits also included the financial statement schedules of Amcast
Industrial Corporation listed in item 14(a). These schedules are the
responsibility of the Company s management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion based on our audits. In our opinion, the financial
statement schedules referred to above, when considered in relation to the
basic financial statements taken as a whole, present fairly in all
material respects the information set forth therein.

We also consent to the incorporation by reference in Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement Number 33-2876 on Form S-8 dated
November 27, 1987, in Registration Statement Number 33-18690 on Form S-8
dated December 21, 1987, in Registration Statement Number 33-28084 on Form
S-8 dated April 11, 1989, in Registration Statement Number 33-28080 on
Form S-8 dated April 11, 1989, in Registration Statement Number 33-38176
on Form S-8 dated December 20, 1990, in Registration Statement Number
33-28075 on Form S-3 dated April 11, 1989, in Registration Statement
Number 33-61290 on Form S-8 dated April 19, 1993, of our report dated
October 7, 1994, with respect to the consolidated financial statements
incorporated herein by reference, and our report included in the preceding
paragraph with respect to the financial statement schedules included in
this Annual Report (Form 10-K) of Amcast Industrial Corporation and
subsidiaries.


                                       /s/ Ernst & Young LLP
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November 28, 1994

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