1940–41 National Hurling League

The 1940–41 National Hurling League was the 14th edition of the National Hurling League, which ran from 6 October 1940 to 30 March 1941.

1940–41 National Hurling League

League details
Dates	6 October 1940 – 30 March 1941
Teams	10
League champions
Winners	Cork (4th win)
Captain	Connie Buckley
League runners-up
Runners-up	Dublin
Captain	Ned Wade
← 1939–40 1945–46 →

The ten participating teams were Clare, Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford and Westmeath who were divided into two divisions of five teams. The participants agreed to play a four game format whereby each team would play each of their four rivals once with two points awarded for a win and one point awarded for a drawn game. The two teams with the most points in each division at the completion of the season would play a final, with the winners being declared National Hurling League champions.

Cork defeated Dublin by 4-11 to 2-7 in the final.

Cork also won the All-Ireland Championship in 1941, the fifth time that a team completed the league-championship double.

National Hurling League

Division A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff.	Pts	Notes
1	Cork	4	4	0	0	18-18	7-17	34	8	National League champions
2	Limerick	4	3	0	1	22-14	11-21	26	6
3	Kilkenny	4	2	0	2	10-33	20-15	-12	4
4	Clare	4	1	0	3	16-13	27-22	-42	2
5	Waterford	4	0	0	4	13-13	14-19	-9	0

Division B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff.	Pts	Notes
1	Dublin	4	4	0	0	28-29	14-12	59	8	National League runners-up
2	Tipperary	4	3	0	1	19-12	15-11	13	6
3	Westmeath	4	2	0	2	10-13	16-26	-31	4
4	Galway	4	1	0	3	18-8	16-14	0	2
5	Laois	4	0	0	4	11-12	25-11	-41	0

Results

Cork v Dublin

30 March 1941 Final	Cork	4-11 - 2-7	Dublin	Cork Athletic Grounds
		Report		Attendance: 15,000 Referee: M Hennessy

External links

• 1940-41 National Hurling League results