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.
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

PosTeamPldWDLFADiff.PtsNotes
1 Cork 440018-187-17348National League champions
2 Limerick 430122-1411-21266
3 Kilkenny 420210-3320-15-124
4 Clare 410316-1327-22-422
5 Waterford 400413-1314-19-90

Division B

PosTeamPldWDLFADiff.PtsNotes
1 Dublin 440028-2914-12598National League runners-up
2 Tipperary 430119-1215-11136
3 Westmeath 420210-1316-26-314
4 Galway 410318-816-1402
5 Laois 400411-1225-11-410

Results