# 1969–70 National Hurling League

The 1969–70 season was the 39th completed season of the National Hurling League.

## Division 1

Cork came into the season as defending champions of the 1968-69 season.
On 20 September 1970, Cork won the title following a 5-21 to 6-16 aggregate win over New York in the final. It was their second league title in succession and their eighth National League title overall.
Limerick's Richie Bennis was the Division 1 top scorer with 3-36.

### Division 1A table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Diff | Pts |
| 1 | Tipperary | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 8 |
| 2 | Offaly | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 |
| 3 | Kilkenny | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 6 |
| 4 | Wexford | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | Laois | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -63 | 2 |
| 6 | Waterford | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -52 | 0 |

### Division 1B table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Diff | Pts | Notes |
| 1 | Limerick | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 8 |
| 2 | Cork | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 6 | Division 1 champions |
| 3 | Galway | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -9 | 4 |
| 4 | Clare | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -8 | 2 |
| 5 | Dublin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -39 | 0 |

### Knock-out stage

Semi-finals
Home final
Finals

### Scoring statistics
#### Top scorers overall

| Rank | Player | Team | Tally | Total | Matches | Average |
| 1 | Richie Bennis | Limerick | 3-36 | 45 | 6 | 7.50 |
| 2 | Eddie Keher | Kilkenny | 4-30 | 42 | 5 | 8.40 |
| 2 | Charlie McCarthy | Cork | 4-30 | 42 | 8 | 5.25 |
| 4 | Jimmy Doyle | Tipperary | 3-26 | 35 | 6 | 5.83 |

#### Top scorers in a single game

| Rank | Player | Team | Tally | Total | Opposition |
| 1 | Richie Bennis | Limerick | 2-09 | 15 | Offaly |
| 2 | Jimmy Doyle | Tipperary | 2-07 | 13 | Laois |
| 3 | Charlie McCarthy | Cork | 2-05 | 11 | New York |
| 3 | Eddie Keher | Kilkenny | 2-05 | 11 | Waterford |
| 3 | Jimmy Doyle | Tipperary | 1-08 | 11 | Offaly |
| 3 | Richie Bennis | Limerick | 0-11 | 11 | Galway |
| 7 | Éamonn Cregan | Limerick | 3-01 | 10 | Galway |
| 7 | Eddie Keher | Kilkenny | 1-07 | 10 | Laois |
| 9 | Charlie Cullinane | Cork | 2-03 | 9 | Galway |
| 9 | Charlie McCarthy | Cork | 1-06 | 9 | Clare |
| 9 | Des Coen | Galway | 1-06 | 9 | Clare |
| 9 | Eddie Keher | Kilkenny | 0-09 | 9 | Wexford |

## Division 2

Kildare came into the season as defending champions of the 1968-69 season.
On 10 May 1970, Antrim won the title following a 2-13 to 3-8 win over Kildare in the final. It was their first league title since 1967-68.

### Division 2A table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Diff | Pts |
| 1 | Westmeath | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 4 |
| 2 | Roscommon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -10 | 2 |
| 3 | Mayo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -35 | 0 |

### Division 2B table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Diff | Pts | Notes |
| 1 | Antrim | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | Division 2 champions |
| 2 | Down | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 |
| 3 | Meath | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -26 | 0 |

### Division 2C table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Diff | Pts | Notes |
| 1 | Kildare | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6 | Division 2 runners-up |
| 2 | Kerry | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 3 | Wicklow | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -8 | 2 |
| 4 | Carlow | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -24 | 2 |

### Knock-out stage

Semi-final
Final

## Division 3

Louth came into the season as defending champions of the 1968-69 season.
Louth won the title following a 2-3 to 1-4 win over Sligo in the final. It was their fourth league title in succession.

### Division 3A table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Diff | Pts | Notes |
| 1 | Louth | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 6 | Division 3 champions |
| 2 | Monaghan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Armagh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -31 | 2 |
| 4 | Tyrone | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -31 | 0 |

### Division 3B table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Diff | Pts | Notes |
| 1 | Sligo | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | Division 3 runners-up |
| 2 | Donegal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -9 | 4 |
| 3 | Leitrim | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -8 | 0 |

### Knock-out stage

Final