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1979–80 National Hurling League
League details
Dates4 November 1979 – 26 October 1980
League champions
WinnersCork (11th win)
CaptainDermot Mac Curtain
ManagerLen Gaynor
League runners-up
Runners-upLimerick
CaptainSeán Foley
ManagerNoel Drumgoole
Other division winners
Division 2Wicklow
Division 3Mayo

The 1979–80 National Hurling League was the 49th season of the National Hurling League (NHL), an annual hurling competition for the GAA county teams.[1][2] It was won by Cork.

Overview

Structure

The National Hurling League's top division was divided into two groups - 1A and 1B. The top two teams in Division 1A advance to the semi-finals. The third- and fourth-placed teams in 1A, as well as the top two from 1B, play in the quarter-finals. The bottom two teams in 1A are relegated, while the top two teams in 1B are promoted. The bottom team in 1B is relegated, while the Division 2 champions are promoted.

Overview

Division 1

The National Hurling League's top division featured fourteen teams divided into two equal groups - 1A and 1B. Each group consisted of seven teams. The top two teams from Division 1A automatically qualified for the knock-out semi-finals. The third and fourth placed teams, as well as the top two teams from Division 1B, contested two lone quarter-finals. In spite of losing two group games and finishing second in Division 1A, Cork won the league title following a 4-15 to 4-6 defeat of Limerick in a replay of he final.[3]

Down at the other end of the tables, Kilkenny and Clare won just two of their group stage games and were both relegated to Division 1B. They swapped places with Wexford and Waterford who finished in first and second positions respectively in Division 1B. Kildare finished the group stage without a single win and were relegated to Division 2.

Division 1

Knock-out stage

30 March 1980 Play-off Offaly 0-10 - 2-6 Limerick Semple Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: N Dalton
6 April 1980 Quarter-final Galway 1-12 - 1-12 Waterford Semple Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: J Rankins
13 April 1980 Quarter-final Wexford 1-13 - 3-10 Limerick Nowlan Park
Referee: J Moloney
13 April 1980 Quarter-final replay Galway 3-15 - 2-7 Wexford Croke Park
Attendance: J Rankins
Referee: 11,410
20 April 1980 Semi-final Cork 1-12 - 0-12 Galway Gaelic Grounds
Attendance: 23,563
Referee: J Woods
20 April 1980 Semi-final Tipperary 1-11 - 2-13 Limerick Gaelic Grounds
Attendance: 23,563
Referee: J Rankins
3 May 1980 Final Cork 2-10 - 2-10 Limerick Páirc Uí Chaoimh
Attendance: 32,855
Referee: N O'Donoghue
10 May 1980 Final replay Cork 4-15 - 4-6 Limerick Páirc Uí Chaoimh
Attendance: 34,543
Referee: N O'Donoghue

Division 2

Knock-out stage

13 April 1980 Final Wicklow 2-14 - 1-5 Armagh O'Byrne Park

Division 3

Knock-out stage

27 July 1980 Semi-final Louth 5-5 - 1-18 Mayo Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada
Referee: M Keane
12 October 1980 Semi-final Derry 1-1 - 2-10 Monaghan Fr. Peter Campbell Park
Referee: P Hartnett
26 October 1980 Final Mayo 2-13 - 0-7 Monaghan Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada

References

  1. ^ "National Hurling League Results 1925-2009". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  2. ^ Smith, Raymond (1999). Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games. Dublin, Ireland. p. 208. ISBN 0950175870.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ "National Hurling League Results 1925-2009". Hogan Stand. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
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