| League: | 1975–76 National Hurling League |
| Dates: | 5 October 1975 – 20 June 1976 |
| Teams: | 20 |
| Team1: | Kilkenny |
| Captain1: | Phil Larkin |
| Titles: | 4th |
| Two: | Wicklow |
| Previous: | 1974–75 |
| Next: | 1976–77 |
The 1975–76 National Hurling League was the 45th season of the National Hurling League.
| Competition: | National Hurling League Division 1 |
| Season: | 1975-76 |
| Winners: | Kilkenny 4th National League title Captain: Phil Larkin |
| Relegated: | Westmeath |
| League Topscorer: | Eddie Keher (11-58) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Waterford 7-18 - 1-4 Laois (23 November 1975) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Limerick 5-14 - 0-7 Laois (30 November 1975) |
| Highest Scoring: | Wexford 4-16 - 3-24 Clare (25 April 1976) |
| Matches: | 51 |
| Prevseason: | 1974-75 |
| Nextseason: | 1976-77 |
| Updated: | 28 February 2017 |
Galway came into the season as defending champions of the 1974-75 season. Westmeath entered Division 1 as the promoted team.
On 20 June 1976, Kilkenny won the title after a 6–14 to 1–14 win over Clare in the final. It was their 4th league title overall and their first since 1965-66.[1]
Westmeath were relegated from Division 1 after just one season in the top flight. They were defeated by Antrim in a relegation play-off.
Kilkenny's Eddie Keher was the Division 1 top scorer with 11–58.
The 14 teams in Division 1 were divided into two groups of seven teams named Division 1A and Division 1B. Each team played all the others in its group once. Two points were awarded for a win and one for a draw. The first two teams in Division 1A advanced to the league semi-finals. The third and fourth-placed teams in Division 1A joined the first two teams in Division 1B in the quarter-finals. The bottom-placed team in Division 1A was relegated to Division 1B with the Division 1B champion gaining promotion. The bottom-placed team in Division 1B was relegated to Division 2.
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| 1 | Wexford | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||
| 2 | Cork | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||
| 3 | Clare | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | Division 1 runners-up | ||||||||
| 4 | Kilkenny | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Division 1 champions | ||||||||
| 5 | Dublin | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||
| 6 | Tipperary | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
| 7 | Galway | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | Relegated to Division 1B |
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| 1 | Limerick | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Promoted to Division 1A | ||||||||
| 2 | Waterford | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |||||||||
| 3 | Kildare | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||
| 4 | Offaly | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||
| 5 | Laois | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| 6 | Antrim | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||
| 7 | Westmeath | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | Relegated to Division 2 |
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals
| Rank | Player | Team | Tally | Total | Matches | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eddie Keher | Kilkenny | 11-58 | 91 | 11 | 8.27 | |
| 2 | Colm Honan | Clare | 1-45 | 48 | 11 | 4.36 | |
| 3 | Ned Buggy | Wexford | 2-32 | 38 | |||
| 4 | Mick Brennan | Kilkenny | 4-22 | 34 | |||
| Johnny Walsh | Kildare | 3-25 | 34 | ||||
| 6 | Éamonn Cregan | Limerick | 9-05 | 32 | |||
| 7 | Éamonn O'Donoghue | Cork | 7-09 | 30 | |||
| 8 | Joe Towell | Dublin | 9-00 | 27 | |||
| Eddie Donnelly | Antrim | 3-18 | 27 | ||||
| 10 | Jim McNamara | Clare | 0-25 | 25 |
| Rank | Player | Team | Tally | Total | Opposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ned Buggy | Wexford | 1-11 | 14 | Clare |
| 2 | Paddy Bates | Laois | 3-04 | 13 | Kildare |
| 3 | Joe Towell | Dublin | 4-00 | 12 | Wexford |
| Eddie Keher | Kilkenny | 3-03 | 12 | Cork | |
| 5 | Mick Butler | Wexford | 3-02 | 11 | Clare |
| Eddie Keher | Kilkenny | 2-05 | 11 | Limerick | |
| Paddy Kelly | Limerick | 1-08 | 11 | Offaly | |
| John Galvin | Waterford | 1-08 | 11 | Laois | |
| 9 | Jim Greene | Waterford | 3-01 | 10 | Laois |
| Éamonn Cregan | Limerick | 3-01 | 10 | Westmeath | |
| Johnny Walsh | Kildare | 1-07 | 10 | Westmeath | |
| Eddie Keher | Kilkenny | 1-07 | 10 | Clare |
| Competition: | National Hurling League Division 2 |
| Season: | 1975-76 |
| Winners: | Wicklow |
| Biggest Home Win: | Down 5-12 - 0-2 Kerry (2 November 1975) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Down 6-8 - 1-3 Carlow (19 October 1975) |
| Highest Scoring: | Down 3-12 - 4-7 Meath (5 October 1975) |
| Matches: | 16 |
| Prevseason: | 1974-75 |
| Nextseason: | 1976-77 |
| Updated: | 28 February 2017 |
On 7 March 1976, Wicklow won the title after a 2–9 to 0–7 win over Down in a play-off.
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| 1 | Wicklow | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | Division 2 champions | ||||||||
| 2 | Down | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||
| 3 | Meath | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
| 4 | Kerry | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
| 5 | Carlow | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||
| 6 | Roscommon | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |