St Finbarr's College successfully defended its title[2][3] in the Harty Cup final. 10–11 to 2–02, on 31 March 1974 at Dr Mannix Sportsfield in Charleville, against Limerick CBS. It was their second successive meeting in the final overall after a hiatus from their first final meeting since 1967; and St Finbarr's College sixth successive Harty Cup title overall and a record-equalising fourth title in succession.[4]
Tadhg Murphy successfully defended his top scorer achievement of 6-20, from that of 1972.