The 1990–91 National Hurling League was the 60th season of the

National Hurling League The National Hurling League is an annual Inter county, inter-county hurling competition featuring teams from Ireland and England. Founded in 1925 by the Gaelic Athletic Association, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation within the l ...

, the top league for inter-county

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teams, since its establishment in 1925. The season began on 14 October 1990 and concluded on 12 May 1991.

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came into the season as defending champions of the 1989-90 season.

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and

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entered Division 1 as the two promoted teams. On 12 May 1991,

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won the title after a 2-6 to 0-10 win over

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. It was their first league title ever.

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were the first team to be relegated after losing all of their group stage games, while

suffered the same fate.

Division 1

Table

Group stage

Knock-out stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final

Top scorers

;Top scorers overall ;Top scorers in a single game

Division 2

Table

Play-off

References

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