1974–75 National Hurling League
# 1974–75 National Hurling League

The 1974–75 National Hurling League was the 44th season of the National Hurling League.

## Division 1

Cork came into the season as defending champions of the 1973-74 season.

On 25 May 1975, Galway won the title following a 4-9 to 4-6 win over Tipperary in the final. It was their 3rd league title overall and their first since 1950-51.

Wicklow were relegated to Division 2 after losing all of their group stage matches in Division 1B.

Tipperary's Francis Loughnane was the Division 1 top scorer with 5-35.

### Division 1A table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Diff | Pts | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kilkenny | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | +42 | 12 |
| 2 | Clare | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | +17 | 10 |
| 3 | Tipperary | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | +33 | 9 | Division 1 runners-up |
| 4 | Cork | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | +18 | 9 |
| 5 | Wexford | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -12 | 6 |
| 6 | Dublin | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -20 | 4 |
| 7 | Limerick | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -30 | 4 |
| 8 | Waterford | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -48 | 2 | Relegated to Division 1B |

### Division 1B table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Diff | Pts | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Galway | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | +30 | 8 | Division 1 champions |
| 2 | Kildare | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | +25 | 8 |
| 3 | Laois | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | +25 | 6 |
| 4 | Offaly | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 5 | Antrim | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -18 | 0 |
| 6 | Wicklow | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -51 | 0 | Relegated to Division 2 |

### Knock-out stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

### Scoring statistics

**Top scorers overall**

| Rank | Player | Team | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Francis Loughnane | Tipperary | 5-35 | 50 | 9 | 5.55 |
| 2 | Charlie McCarthy | Cork | 3-32 | 41 | 8 | 5.12 |
| 2 | Eddie Keher | Kilkenny | 3-32 | 41 | 6 | 6.83 |
| 4 | Colm Honan | Clare | 3-29 | 38 | 8 | 4.75 |
| 5 | Johnny Walsh | Kildare | 4-24 | 36 | 5 | 7.20 |
| 6 | Pat Quigley | Dublin | 1-31 | 34 | 7 | 4.85 |
| 7 | Gerald McCarthy | Cork | 5-15 | 30 | 7 | 4.28 |
| 8 | John Flanagan | Tipperary | 3-16 | 25 | 9 | 2.77 |
| 9 | P. J. Molloy | Galway | 0-23 | 23 | 7 | 3.28 |
| 10 | Gus Lohan | Clare | 7-01 | 22 | 6 | 3.66 |

**Top scorers in a single game**

| Rank | Player | Team | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Francis Loughnane | Tipperary | 1-09 | 12 | Clare |
| 2 | Aidan Thornbury | Antrim | 3-02 | 11 | Laois |
| 3 | Eddie Keher | Kilkenny | 2-04 | 10 | Limerick |
| 3 | Seán Kinsella | Wexford | 0-10 | 10 | Dublin |
| 5 | Charlie McCarthy | Cork | 1-06 | 9 | Limerick |
| 5 | Colm Honan | Clare | 1-06 | 9 | Limerick |
| 5 | Colm Honan | Clare | 1-06 | 9 | Waterford |
| 5 | Johnny Walsh | Kildare | 1-06 | 9 | Laois |
| 5 | Liam O'Brien | Kilkenny | 0-09 | 9 | Wexford |
| 10 | Francis Loughnane | Tipperary | 2-02 | 8 | Wexford |
| 10 | Gerald McCarthy | Cork | 1-05 | 8 | Clare |
| 10 | Mick Brennan | Kilkenny | 1-05 | 8 | Dublin |
| 10 | Johnny Walsh | Kildare | 1-05 | 8 | Offaly |
| 10 | Francis Loughnane | Tipperary | 1-05 | 8 | Kildare |
| 10 | Eddie Keher | Kilkenny | 0-08 | 8 | Waterford |
| 10 | John Flanagan | Tipperary | 0-08 | 8 | Clare |

## Division 2

### Division 2 table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Westmeath | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Division 2 champions |
| 2 | Kerry | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Down | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Meath | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | Carlow | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
