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1991 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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Field	Value
year	1991
dates	19 May – 1 September 1991
teams	16
munster	Tipperary
leinster	Kilkenny
ulster	Antrim
matches	16
poty	[[File: Colours of Tipperary.svg	border	20px]] Pat Fox
team	Tipperary
titles	24th
captain	Declan Carr
manager	Michael 'Babs' Keating
team2	Kilkenny
captain2	Liam Fennelly
manager2	Ollie Walsh
topscorer	[[File: Colours of Tipperary.svg	border	20px]] Michael Cleary (3–35)
previous	1990
next	1992

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

Derry
Westmeath (qualified)

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.

County	Last provincial title	Last championship title	Position in [1990](1990-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship) Championship	Current championship
[[File:Colours_of_Antrim.svg	border	20x20px]] Antrim	[1990](1990-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship-ulster-senior-hurling-championship)	—	Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
[[File:Colours_of_Clare.svg	border	20x20px]] Clare	[1932](1932-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship-munster-senior-hurling-championship)	[1914](1914-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship)	Munster Senior Hurling Championship
[[File:Colours_of_Cork.svg	border	20x20px]] Cork	[1990](1990-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship-munster-senior-hurling-championship)	[1990](1990-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship)	Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Derry	[1908](1908-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship-ulster-senior-hurling-championship)	—		Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
[[File:Colours_of_Down.svg	border	20x20px]] Down	[1942](1942-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship-ulster-senior-hurling-championship)	—	Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
[[File:Colours_of_Dublin.svg	border	20x20px]] Dublin	[1961](1961-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship-leinster-senior-hurling-championship)	[1938](1938-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship)	Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
[[File:Colours_of_Galway.svg	border	20x20px]] Galway	[1922](1922-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship-connacht-senior-hurling-championship)	[1988](1988-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship)	Connacht Senior Hurling Championship
[[File:Colours_of_Kerry.svg	border	20x20px]] Kerry	[1891](1891-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship-munster-senior-hurling-championship)	[1891](1891-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship)	Munster Senior Hurling Championship
[[File:Colours_of_Kilkenny.svg	border	20x20px]] Kilkenny	[1987](1987-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship-leinster-senior-hurling-championship)	[1983](1983-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship)	Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
[[File:Colours_of_Laois.svg	border	20x20px]] Laois	[1949](1949-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship)	[1915](1915-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship)	Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
[[File:Colours_of_Limerick.svg	border	20x20px]] Limerick	[1981](1981-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship-munster-senior-hurling-championship)	[1973](1973-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship)	Munster Senior Hurling Championship
[[File:Colours_of_Offaly.svg	border	20x20px]] Offaly	[1990](1990-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship-leinster-senior-hurling-championship)	[1985](1985-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship)	Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
[[File:Colours_of_Tipperary.png	border	20x20px]] Tipperary	[1989](1989-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship-munster-senior-hurling-championship)	[1989](1989-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship)	Munster Senior Hurling Championship
[[File:Colours_of_Waterford.svg	border	20x20px]] Waterford	[1963](1963-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship-munster-senior-hurling-championship)	[1959](1959-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship)	Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Westmeath	—	—		All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
[[File:Colours_of_Wexford.svg	border	20x20px]] Wexford	[1977](1977-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship-leinster-senior-hurling-championship)	[1968](1968-all-ireland-senior-hurling-championship)	Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Provincial championships

[[Munster Senior Hurling Championship]]

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Final

Final Replay

[[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]]

Quarter-Final

Semi-Final

Final

[[Ulster Senior Hurling Championship]]

Semi-Final

Final

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Bracket

All-Ireland quarter-finals

Quarter-Final

All-Ireland semi-finals

Semi-Final

All-Ireland final

Final Main article: 1991 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final

Top scorers

Season

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Matches	Average
1	Michael Cleary	Tipperary	3–35	44	5	8.80
2	D. J. Carey	Kilkenny	1–27	30	4	7.50
3	Pat Fox	Tipperary	2–17	23	5	4.60
John Carson	Antrim	2–17	23	5	4.60
5	John Holohan	Wexford	1–15	18	2	9.00
6	Noel Sands	Down	3–8	17	2	8.50
6	John Fitzgibbon	Cork	4–3	15	3	5.00
Eamon Morrissey	Kilkenny	2–9	15	4	3.75
Tony O'Sullivan	Cork	0–15	15	3	5.00
Gary Kirby	Limerick	0–15	15	2	7.50

Single game

Rank	Player	County	Tally	Total	Opposition
1	John Holohan	Wexford	1–10	13	Laois
2	Michael Cleary	Kilkenny	1–9	12	Galway
3	John Carson	Antrim	1–8	11	Down
4	Gary Kirby	Limerick	0–10	10	Clare
Michael Cleary	Tipperary	1–7	10	Cork
Johnny Dooley	Offaly	1–7	10	Dublin
Noel Sands	Down	3–1	10	Derry
Eamon Morrissey	Kilkenny	2–4	10	Antrim
9	Joe Hennessy	Kerry	1–6	9	Waterford
Michael Cleary	Tipperary	1–6	9	Kilkenny
D. J. Carey	Kilkenny	0–9	9	Tipperary

Clean sheets

Rank	Goalkeeper	County	Clean sheets
1	Ken Hogan	Tipperary	2
2	Davy Fitzgerald	Clare	1
Ger Cunningham	Cork
Michael Walsh	Kilkenny
Jim Troy	Offaly

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.

Round	RTÉ	Channel 4
Munster final	Tipperary vs Cork
All-Ireland semi-finals	Kilkenny vs Antrim
Tipperary vs Galway
All-Ireland final	Tipperary vs Kilkenny	Tipperary vs Kilkenny

References

Keys, Colm. (9 September 2014). "Was final the best game of hurling ever to be played?". Irish Independent.

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