| League: | 1928–29 National Hurling League |
| Dates: | 21 October 1928 – 8 December 1929 |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Team1: | Dublin |
| Captain1: | Mick Gill |
| Titles: | 1st |
| Team2: | Cork |
| Captain2: | Dinny Barry-Murphy |
| Previous: | 1927–28 |
| Next: | 1929–30 |
The 1928–29 National Hurling League was the third edition of the National Hurling League, which ran from 21 October 1928 to 8 December 1929.
The twelve participating teams were Clare, Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kerry, Laois, Limerick, Meath, Offaly, Tipperary, Waterford and Wexford who were divided into an Eastern Division and a Southwestern Division. Each team played each of their rivals once with two points awarded for a win and one point awarded for a drawn game. The two teams who finished top of their respective divisions would play a final, with the winners being declared National Hurling League champions.
Dublin defeated Cork by 7-4 to 1-5 in the final.[1]
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| 1 | Dublin | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | National Hurling League champions | ||||||||
| 2 | Offaly | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
| 3 | Laois | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| 4 | Meath | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
| 5 | Wexford | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1 | Cork | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | National Hurling League runners-up | ||||||||
| 2 | Tipperary | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||
| 3 | Limerick | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| 4 | Waterford | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
| 5 | Kerry | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||
| 6 | Galway | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||
| 7 | Clare | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |