1991 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship


The 1991 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 105th staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament. The championship began on 19 May 1991 and ended on 1 September 1991.
Cork were the defending champions but were defeated by Tipperary in the Munster final replay. Westmeath qualified for the All-Ireland quarter-final as winners of the B championship.
On 1 September 1991, Tipperary won the championship following a 1–16 to 0–15 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final. This was their 24th All-Ireland title, their second in three championship seasons.
Tipperary's Michael Cleary was the championship's top scorer with 3–35. Tipperary's Pat Fox was the choice for Texaco Hurler of the Year.

Team changes

To Championship

Promoted from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship

From Championship

Regraded to the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
  • London

Teams

General information

Sixteen counties will compete in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship: one team from the Connacht Senior Hurling Championship, five teams in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, six teams in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship, three teams from the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship and one team from the All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship.
CountyLast provincial titleLast championship titlePosition in 1990 ChampionshipCurrent championship
Antrim1990Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
Clare19321914Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Cork19901990Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Derry1908Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
Down1942Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
Dublin19611938Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Galway19221988Connacht Senior Hurling Championship
Kerry18911891Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Kilkenny19871983Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Laois19491915Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Limerick19811973Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Offaly19901985Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Tipperary19891989Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Waterford19631959Munster Senior Hurling Championship
WestmeathAll-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
Wexford19771968Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Provincial championships

[Munster Senior Hurling Championship]

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[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]

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[Ulster Senior Hurling Championship]

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All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

All-Ireland semi-finals

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Top scorers

Clean sheets

RankGoalkeeperCountyClean sheets
1Ken HoganTipperary2
2Davy FitzgeraldClare1
2Ger CunninghamCork1
2Michael WalshKilkenny1
2Jim TroyOffaly1

Broadcasting

The following matches were broadcast live on television in Ireland on RTÉ. In the United Kingdom Channel 4 broadcast live coverage of the All-Ireland final. Highlights of a number of other games were shown on The Sunday Game.
RoundRTÉChannel 4
Munster finalTipperary vs Cork
All-Ireland semi-finalsKilkenny vs Antrim
Tipperary vs Galway
All-Ireland finalTipperary vs KilkennyTipperary vs Kilkenny