| League: | 1974–75 National Hurling League |
| Dates: | 29 September 1974 – 25 May 1975 |
| Team1: | Galway |
| Titles: | 3rd |
| Two: | Westmeath |
| Previous: | 1973–74 |
| Next: | 1975–76 |
The 1974–75 National Hurling League was the 44th season of the National Hurling League.[1]
| Competition: | National Hurling League Division 1 |
| Season: | 1974-75 |
| Winners: | Galway 3rd National League title Captain: John Connolly |
| League Topscorer: | Francis Loughnane (5-35) |
| Matches: | 47 |
| Prevseason: | 1973-74 |
| Nextseason: | 1975-76 |
| Updated: | 20 March 2017 |
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.[2]
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.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Seán Kinsella | Wexford | 0-10 | 10 | Dublin | |
| 5 | Charlie McCarthy | Cork | 1-06 | 9 | Limerick |
| Colm Honan | Clare | 1-06 | 9 | Limerick | |
| Colm Honan | Clare | 1-06 | 9 | Waterford | |
| Johnny Walsh | Kildare | 1-06 | 9 | Laois | |
| Liam O'Brien | Kilkenny | 0-09 | 9 | Wexford | |
| 10 | Francis Loughnane | Tipperary | 2-02 | 8 | Wexford |
| Gerald McCarthy | Cork | 1-05 | 8 | Clare | |
| Mick Brennan | Kilkenny | 1-05 | 8 | Dublin | |
| Johnny Walsh | Kildare | 1-05 | 8 | Offaly | |
| Francis Loughnane | Tipperary | 1-05 | 8 | Kildare | |
| Eddie Keher | Kilkenny | 0-08 | 8 | Waterford | |
| John Flanagan | Tipperary | 0-08 | 8 | Clare |
| Competition: | National Hurling League Division 2 |
| Season: | 1974-75 |
| Winners: | Westmeath |
| Prevseason: | 1973-74 |
| Nextseason: | 1975-76 |
| Updated: | 21 March 2017 |
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| 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 |