The 1969–70 season was the 39th completed season of the

National Hurling League The National Hurling League is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition featuring teams from Ireland and England. Founded in 1925 by the Gaelic Athletic Association, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation within the l ...

Division 1

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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

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in the final. It was their second league title in succession and their eighth National League title overall. Limerick's

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was the Division 1 top scorer with 3-36.

Division 1A table

Group stage

Division 1B table

Group stage

Play-off

Knock-out stage

Semi-finals Home final Finals

Scoring statistics

;Top scorers overall ;Top scorers in a single game

Division 2

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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

Division 2B table

Division 2C table

Play-off

Knock-out stage

Semi-final Final

Division 3

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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

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in the final. It was their fourth league title in succession.

Division 3A table

Division 3B table

Knock-out stage

Final

References

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