2019 National Hurling League
The 2019 National Hurling League is the 88th season of the National Hurling League for county teams.
| League details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 26 January – 31 March 2019 |
| Teams | 35 |
| League champions | |
| Winners | Limerick (12th win) |
| Captain | Declan Hannon |
| Manager | John Kiely |
| League runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Waterford |
| Captain | Noel Connors |
| Manager | Páraic Fanning |
| Other division winners | |
| Division 2A | Westmeath |
| Division 2B | Wicklow |
| Division 3A | Roscommon |
| Division 3B | Longford |
← 2018 2020 → | |
Kilkenny were the defending champions, having won the 2018 league.
The GAA announced a new broadcast agreement on 10 January 2019 that runs from 2019 until 2022. Eir Sport and RTÉ provide live TV coverage of the league on Saturday nights. TG4 broadcast Sunday afternoon games. The highlights programmes are RTÉ2's League Sunday on Sunday evenings, TG4's GAA 2019 on Monday evenings and Eir Sport's Allianz Leagues Reloaded on Wednesday evenings.
Limerick won their first league title since 1997 after a 1-24 to 0-19 win against Waterford in the final on 31 March.
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