1940–41 National Hurling League

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

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