On 14 April 1985, Limerick won the title following a 3-12 to 1-7 win over Clare in the final. It was their second league title in succession and their 9th National League title overall.[1]
Tipperary and Wexford were relegated from Division 1.
Laois's Eugene Fennelly was the Division 1 top scorer with 2-44.
^ ab. Hogan Stand. Archived from the original on 5 August 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
^Smith, Raymond (1999). Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games. Dublin, Ireland. p. 208. ISBN0950175870.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^"National Hurling League 1982/3 | Come on the Déise". Deiseach.wordpress.com. from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
^"Signed 1985 GAA National Hurling League Semi-finals Programme Limerick v Dublin & Kilkenny v Clare". adverts.ie. from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
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1984, national, hurling, league, 54th, season, national, hurling, league, annual, hurling, competition, county, teams, limerick, second, year, league, detailsdates7, october, 1984, june, 1985league, championswinnerslimerick, other, division, winnersdivision, 2. The 1984 85 National Hurling League was the 54th season of the National Hurling League NHL an annual hurling competition for the GAA county teams 1 2 It was won by Limerick for the second year in a row 3 4 1984 85 National Hurling LeagueLeague detailsDates7 October 1984 30 June 1985League championsWinnersLimerick 9 win Other division winnersDivision 2ClareDivision 3MeathDivision 4Louth 1983 84 1985 86 Contents 1 Division 1 1 1 Table 1 2 Group stage 1 3 Play offs 1 4 Knock out stage 1 5 Scoring statistics 2 Division 2 2 1 Table 3 Division 3 3 1 Table 4 Division 4 4 1 Knock out stage 5 ReferencesDivision 1 editLimerick came into the season as defending champions of the 1983 84 season Offaly and Tipperary entered Division 1 as the promoted teams On 14 April 1985 Limerick won the title following a 3 12 to 1 7 win over Clare in the final It was their second league title in succession and their 9th National League title overall 1 Tipperary and Wexford were relegated from Division 1 Laois s Eugene Fennelly was the Division 1 top scorer with 2 44 Table edit Pos Team Pld W D L Pts Notes1 Galway 7 5 1 1 112 Limerick 7 4 0 3 8 National Hurling League champions3 Offaly 7 4 0 3 84 Kilkenny 7 3 1 3 75 Cork 7 3 0 4 66 Laois 7 3 0 4 67 Wexford 7 3 0 4 6 Relegated to Division 28 Tipperary 7 2 0 5 4 Relegated to Division 2Group stage edit Cork v Laois 7 October 1984Cork3 20 4 11LaoisPairc Ui Chaoimh CorkT Finn 1 5 T O Sullivan 0 7 B og Murphy 1 2 K Hennessy 1 0 P Hartnett 0 3 T Cashman 0 2 J Hartnett 0 1 P Cleary 2 1 M Walsh 0 5 PJ Cuddy 1 1 L Bergin 1 0 E Fennelly 0 2 M Cuddy 0 1 Referee P Long Kilkenny Offaly v Wexford 7 October 1984Offaly2 17 0 13WexfordSt Brendan s Park BirrP Horan 1 7 B Keeshan 1 2 J Dooley 0 3 T Conneely 0 2 D Owens 0 1 P Delaney 0 1 J Kelly 0 1 B Byrne 0 3 J Holohan 0 3 G O Connor 0 2 M Fitzhenry 0 2 E Cleary 0 1 P Courtney 0 1 J McDonald 0 1 Referee C Foley Dublin Kilkenny v Limerick 7 October 1984Kilkenny1 18 5 8LimerickNowlan Park KilkennyK Brennan 0 5 F Cummins 1 1 G Henderson 0 3 P Walsh 0 3 H Ryan 0 2 N Brennan 0 1 L McCarthy 0 1 J Lawlor 0 1 J Brennan 0 1 P McCarthy 3 0 P Kelly 1 3 T Quaid 1 3 A Garvey 0 1 D Fitzgerald 0 1 Referee J Moore Waterford Galway v Tipperary 7 October 1984Galway2 12 3 7TipperaryBallinasloe Sportsfield BallinasloeM O Shea 0 10 J Connolly 1 0 N Lane 1 0 M Haverty 0 1 M McGrath 0 1 N O Dwyer 1 1 P Dooley 1 1 L Maher 1 0 P McGrath 0 3 N English 0 2 Referee N Duggan Limerick Cork v Tipperary 28 October 1984Cork4 18 3 8TipperaryPairc Ui Chaoimh CorkB og Murphy 2 1 D Walsh 0 7 D Buckley 1 2 K Hennessy 0 4 T Finn 1 0 J Hartnett 0 2 P Hartnett 0 2 S Power 2 0 P McGrath 0 5 N O Dwyer 1 0 P Dooley 0 1 P Kennedy 0 1 L Maher 0 1 Galway v Laois 28 October 1984Galway1 16 3 8LaoisBallinasloe Sportsfield BallinasloeA Cunningham 1 4 T Kilkenny 0 2 M O Shea 0 2 J Cooney 0 2 M McGrath 0 2 M Connolly 0 1 N Lane 0 1 B Lynskey 0 1 S Linnane 0 1 E Fennelly 0 7 P Cleary 2 0 M O Sullivan 1 0 J Dollard 0 1 Kilkenny v Wexford 28 October 1984Kilkenny2 14 0 13WexfordJohn Locke Park CallanK Brennan 0 6 R Power 1 1 R Heffernan 1 0 H Ryan 0 3 J Brennan 0 2 L McCarthy 0 1 N Brennan 0 1 J Holohan 0 6 G O Connor 0 3 M Fitzhenry 0 2 J McDonnell 0 1 B Byrne 0 1 Offaly v Limerick 28 October 1984Offaly0 18 5 6LimerickSt Brendan s Park BirrJ Dooley 0 5 P Corrigan 0 4 T Conneely 0 3 P Carroll 0 2 P Delaney 0 1 B Keeshan 0 1 D Owens 0 1 D Fogarty 0 1 P Kelly 2 4 P McCarthy 2 0 R Sampson 1 0 J Carroll 0 2 Wexford v Cork 4 November 1984Wexford2 17 2 6CorkWexford Park WexfordJ Holohan 1 8 J McDonald 0 4 J O Connor 0 2 F Fenlon 0 1 T Harrington 0 1 M Fitzhenry 0 1 T Finn 1 0 T Mulcahy 1 0 D Walsh 0 3 P Hartnett 0 1 J Hartnett 0 1 B Murphy 0 1 Referee P Long Kilkenny Tipperary v Offaly 4 November 1984Tipperary3 7 1 12OffalySemple Stadium ThurlesS Power 1 5 G Ryan 1 1 L Maher 1 0 P Kennedy 0 1 P Corrigan 0 6 P Horan 1 0 P Delaney 0 2 G Coughlan 0 2 P Carroll 0 1 D Owens 0 1 Referee S O Grady Limerick Limerick v Galway 4 November 1984Limerick0 9 1 18GalwayGaelic Grounds LimerickO O Connor 0 3 P McCarthy 0 2 D Fitzgerald 0 2 J Carroll 0 1 T Quaid 0 1 M Haverty 0 9 J Cooney 1 1 M Lane 0 3 A Kilkenny 0 2 B Lynskey 0 2 A Cunningham 0 1 Referee W Horgan Cork Laois v Kilkenny 4 November 1984Laois1 8 1 15KilkennyKelly Daly Park RathdowneyPJ Cuddy 1 0 P O Brien 0 3 E Fennelly 0 3 M Walsh 0 1 M Cuddy 0 1 L McCarthy 1 0 K Brennan 0 4 C Heffernan 0 3 G Henderson 0 2 J Brennan 0 2 G Fennelly 0 2 Ray Heffernan 0 1 R Power 0 1 Referee N O Donoghue Dublin Offaly v Cork 18 November 1984Offaly3 21 0 11CorkSt Brendan s Park BirrP Corrigan 0 11 P Carroll 1 2 J Kelly 1 2 P Horan 1 0 B Keeshan 0 3 P Delaney 0 1 J Mooney 0 1 D Fogarty 0 1 J Fenton 0 9 T Finn 0 1 T Mulcahy 0 1 Referee N O Donoghue Dublin Galway v Kilkenny 18 November 1984Galway0 8 1 5KilkennyPearse Stadium SalthillJ Cooney 0 4 M McGrath 0 2 M Haverty 0 1 N Lane 0 1 R Power 1 0 K Brennan 0 3 R Heffernan 0 2 Referee N Duggan Limerick Limerick v Tipperary 18 November 1984Limerick0 12 1 7TipperaryGaelic Grounds LimerickT Quaid 0 3 D Fitzgerald 0 3 P McCarthy 0 2 R Sampson 0 2 M Carroll 0 1 J Carroll 0 1 S Power 1 3 D O Connell 0 2 G Ryan 0 1 L Maher 0 1 Referee W Horgan Cork Laois v Wexford 18 November 1984Laois2 18 2 9WexfordKelly Daly Park RathdowneyE Fennelly 0 10 J Keenan 1 3 P O Brien 1 0 P Critchley 0 2 M Cuddy 0 1 M O Sullivan 0 1 P Cleary 0 1 J Holohan 1 5 T Byrne 1 0 J O Connor 0 1 R Murphy 0 1 J O Connell 0 1 J McDonald 0 1 Referee J Moloney Tipperary Limerick v Cork 9 December 1984Limerick1 8 0 6CorkGaelic Grounds LimerickD Fitzgerald 1 2 P Kelly 0 2 T Quaid 0 1 M Rea 0 1 O O Connor 0 1 P McCarthy 0 1 J Hartnett 0 4 T O Sullivan 0 2 Referee G Ryan Tipperary Wexford v Galway 9 December 1984Wexford3 9 2 15GalwayEnniscorthyM Fitzhenry 1 2 J Holohan 0 5 T Byrne 1 0 J McDonald 1 0 G O Connor 0 1 T Dempsey 0 1 M Haverty 0 7 N Lane 0 5 M McGrath 1 0 J Cooney 1 0 B Lynskey 0 2 T Kilkenny 0 1 Referee JJ Landers Waterford Tipperary v Kilkenny 9 December 1984Tipperary1 14 0 7KilkennySemple Stadium ThurlesS Power 0 8 L Maher 1 0 G O Neill 0 3 P Kennedy 0 2 K Fox 0 1 R Heffernan 0 6 C Heffernan 0 1 Referee N Duggan Limerick Laois v Offaly 9 December 1984Laois1 10 1 11OffalyKelly Daly Park RathdowneyE Fennelly 0 6 P CLeary 1 1 PJ Cuddy 0 2 P Critchley 0 1 D Fogarty 1 1 P Corrigan 0 4 B Keeshan 0 2 P Carroll 0 2 J Kelly 0 1 Referee P Long Kilkenny Cork v Galway 3 February 1985Cork1 7 1 10GalwayClonmult Memorial Park MidletonK Hennessy 1 3 T O Sullivan 0 3 D Walsh 0 1 M Haverty 0 8 J Cooney 1 0 M McGrath 0 1 N Lane 0 1 Tipperary v Laois 3 February 1985Tipperary1 12 4 5LaoisSemple Stadium ThurlesS Power 1 4 G O Neill 0 3 P Kennedy 0 2 P Dooley 0 1 N English 0 1 T O Connell 0 1 T Cleary 3 0 E Fennelly 1 3 M Walsh 0 2 Referee B Duggan Limerick Kilkenny v Offaly 3 February 1985Kilkenny2 15 1 11OffalyJohn Locke Park CallanB Fitzpatrick 1 5 L Fennelly 1 2 R Power 0 3 C Heffernan 0 3 J Brennan 0 2 D Owens 1 0 P Corrigan 0 4 P Cleary 0 2 J Dooley 0 2 B Keeshan 0 1 D Fogarty 0 1 M Coughlan 0 1 Referee N O Donoghue Dublin Wexford v Limerick 3 February 1985Wexford3 13 1 10LimerickO Kennedy Park New RossT Dempsey 1 5 B Byrne 1 3 J McDonald 1 1 J Holohan 0 2 G O Connor 0 1 R Murphy 0 1 L O Donoghue 1 0 D Fitzgerald 0 3 P Kelly 0 3 O O Connor 0 2 P McCarthy 0 1 R Samspon 0 1 Referee J Moore Waterford Laois v Limerick 10 February 1985Laois1 12 0 12LimerickKelly Daly Park RathdowneyE Fennelly 0 7 P Cleary 1 1 P O Brien 0 1 J Taylor 0 1 PJ Cuddy 0 1 P Critchley 0 1 J Carroll 0 2 P Kelly 0 2 B Carroll 0 2 O O Connor 0 2 L O Donoghue 0 2 D Fitzgerald 0 1 P McCarthy 0 1 Referee J Denton Wexford Kilkenny v Cork 10 February 1985Kilkenny4 5 2 14CorkJohn Locke Park CallanL Fennelly 2 0 C Heffernan 1 2 K Brennan 1 1 B Fitzpatrick 0 2 K Hennessy 1 4 T O Sullivan 1 3 P Horgan 0 2 T Cashman 0 1 J Hartnett 0 1 J Fenton 0 1 D Walsh 0 1 J Barry Murphy 0 1 Referee G Ryan Tipperary Tipperary v Wexford 10 February 1985Tipperary0 6 4 7WexfordDavin Park Carrick on SuirS Power 0 3 P Dooley 0 2 D O Connell 0 1 R Murphy 2 1 J Holohan 1 2 M Fitzhenry 1 0 T Dempsey 0 2 E Cleary 0 1 J McDonald 0 1 Referee P Long Kilkenny Offaly v Galway 10 February 1985Offaly1 14 0 10GalwaySt Brendan s Park BirrP Corrigan 0 9 D Fogarty 1 0 P Cleary 0 2 J Lyons 0 1 B Keeshan 0 1 M Cashin 0 1 M Haverty 0 8 O Kilkenny 0 1 M McGrath 0 1 Referee N Duggan Limerick Play offs edit Cork v Laois 24 February 1985Cork3 15 2 4LaoisSemple Stadium ThurlesK Hennessy 1 3 D Walsh 1 2 T Mulcahy 1 1 P Crowley 0 4 T O Sullivan 0 2 J Hartnett 0 2 P Horgan 0 1 P Cleary 1 0 PJ Cuddy 1 0 E Fennelly 0 2 P Critchley 0 1 C Jones 0 1 Referee J O Grady Limerick Laois v Wexford 3 March 1985Laois1 8 1 4WexfordGeraldine Park AthyE Fennelly 1 4 PJ Cuddy 0 2 M Aherne 0 1 M O Sullivan 0 1 T Dempsey 1 1 M Fitzhenry 0 1 E Cleary 0 1 J Holohan 0 1 Referee J Moore Waterford Knock out stage edit Quarter finals Clare v Kilkenny 10 March 1985 Quarter finalClare0 13 1 10KilkennySemple Stadium ThurlesC Lyons 0 5 J Shanahan 0 3 M Guilfoyle 0 3 S Dolan 0 1 PJ Deasy 0 1 K Brennan 0 6 C Heffernan 1 0 R Power 0 2 H Ryan 0 2 Referee G Ryan Tipperary Limerick v Dublin 10 March 1985 Quarter finalLimerick4 12 2 9DublinSemple Stadium ThurlesP Kelly 1 7 D Fitzgerald 1 3 S Fitzgibbon 1 0 P McCarthy 1 0 O O Connor 0 2 P Carton 1 7 E O Shea 1 1 M Hurley 0 1 Referee G Rayn Tipperary Clare v Kilkenny 24 March 1985 Quarter final replayClare1 12 1 7KilkennySemple Stadium ThurlesC Lyons 0 7 S Dolan 1 0 M Guilfoyle 0 2 P Deasy 0 1 J Callinan 0 1 J Shanahan 0 1 K Brennan 0 4 G Henderson 1 0 H Ryan 0 1 B Fitzpatrick 0 1 R Heffernan 0 1 Attendance 7 766Referee JJ Landers Waterford Semi finals Limerick v Offaly 31 March 1985 Semi finalLimerick0 15 1 9OffalySemple Stadium ThurlesP Kelly 0 6 O O Connor 0 3 D Fitzgerald 0 3 R Sampson 0 2 J Carroll 0 1 P Corrigan 1 4 J Dooley 0 2 P Cleary 0 1 J Kelly 0 1 P Carroll 0 1 Referee G Ryan Tipperary Clare v Galway 31 March 1985 Semi finalClare1 14 0 11GalwaySemple Stadium ThurlesC Lyons 0 6 J Shanahan 1 1 M Guilfoyle 0 2 A Cunningham 0 2 J Callinan 0 1 P Morey 0 1 S Stack 0 1 S Mahon 0 2 M Haverty 0 2 J Cooney 0 2 M McGrath 0 2 N Lane 0 2 T Kilkenny 0 1 Referee N Duggan Limerick Final Limerick v Clare 14 April 1985 FinalLimerick3 12 1 7ClareSemple Stadium ThurlesP McCarthy 2 1 S Fitzgibbon 1 3 P Kelly 0 5 J Carroll 0 1 D Fitzgerald 0 1 O O Connor 0 1 C Lyons 1 4 P Morey 0 1 A Nugent 0 1 S Dolan 0 1 Attendance 20 700Referee J Moore Waterford Scoring statistics edit Rank Player Team Tally Total Matches Average1 Eugene Fennelly Laois 2 44 50 9 5 552 Paddy Corrigan Offaly 1 42 45 7 6 423 Paddy Kelly Limerick 4 32 44 9 4 884 John Holohan Wexford 3 32 41 8 5 125 Seamus Power Tipperary 5 23 38 6 6 336 Michael Haverty Galway 0 36 36 7 5 147 Pat Cleary Laois 10 04 34 9 3 778 Pat McCarthy Limerick 8 07 32 9 3 55Kieran Brennan Kilkenny 1 29 32 9 3 5510 Kevin Hennessy Cork 4 14 26 5 5 20Top scorers in a single gameRank Player Team Tally Total Opposition1 John Holohan Wexford 1 08 11 CorkPaddy Corrigan Offaly 0 11 11 Cork3 Paddy Kelly Limerick 2 04 10 OffalyPadraig Horan Offaly 1 07 10 WexfordPaddy Kelly Limerick 1 07 10 DublinPeadar Carton Dublin 1 07 10 LimerickMartin O Shea Galway 0 10 10 TipperaryEugene Fennelly Laois 0 10 10 Wexford9 Pat McCarthy Limerick 3 00 10 KilkennyPat Cleary Laois 3 00 10 TipperaryMichael Haverty Galway 0 09 9 LimerickJohn Fenton Cork 0 09 9 OffalyPaddy Corrigan Offaly 0 09 9 GalwayDivision 2 editTable edit Pos Team Pld W D L Pts Notes1 Clare 7 7 0 0 14 Promoted to Division 12 Dublin 7 4 1 2 9 Promoted to Division 13 Westmeath 7 4 0 3 84 Roscommon 7 4 0 3 85 Kerry 7 2 2 3 66 Antrim 7 3 0 4 67 Waterford 7 2 0 5 4 Relegated to Division 38 Kildare 7 0 1 6 1 Relegated to Division 3Division 3 editTable edit Pos Team Pld W D L Pts Notes1 Meath 7 7 0 0 14 Promoted to Division 22 Down 7 6 0 1 12 Promoted to Division 23 Carlow 7 4 0 3 84 Wicklow 7 4 0 3 85 Armagh 7 4 0 3 86 Derry 7 2 0 5 47 Mayo 7 0 1 6 18 Longford 7 0 1 6 1 Relegated to Division 4Division 4 editKnock out stage edit Final Louth v Sligo 30 June 1985 FinalLouth3 12 3 5SligoPearse Park LongfordReferences edit a b National Hurling League Results 1925 2009 Hogan Stand Archived from the original on 5 August 2010 Retrieved 18 April 2011 Smith Raymond 1999 Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games Dublin Ireland p 208 ISBN 0950175870 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link National Hurling League 1982 3 Come on the Deise Deiseach wordpress com Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 9 February 2022 Signed 1985 GAA National Hurling League Semi finals Programme Limerick v Dublin amp Kilkenny v Clare adverts ie Archived from the original on 18 March 2016 Retrieved 24 August 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1984 85 National Hurling League amp oldid 1171269576, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
