The 1991 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 105th staging of the
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include t ...
's premier
inter-county
Inter-county, or inter county is Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) terminology which refers to competitions or matches between counties, as used in Gaelic games (differently from legal counties). The term can also be used to describe the players o ...
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
Tipperary is the name of:
Places
*County Tipperary, a county in Ireland
**North Tipperary, a former administrative county based in Nenagh
**South Tipperary, a former administrative county based in Clonmel
*Tipperary (town), County Tipperary's na ...
in the Munster final replay.
Westmeath
"Noble above nobility"
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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
Patrick "Pat" Fox (born 8 July 1962) is a former Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Éire Óg Annacarty GAA and with the Tipperary GAA senior inter-county team in the 1980s and 1990s.
Playing career
Club
Fox played his ...
was the choice for
Texaco Hurler of the Year
The Texaco Hurler of the Year was a hurling award, created in 1958, that honoured the achievements of a hurler of outstanding excellence. The award was part of the Texaco Sportstars Awards, in which Irish sportspeople from all fields were honou ...
.
Results
Munster Senior Hurling Championship
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Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
The Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurl ...
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Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
The Ulster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Ulster Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county hurling co ...
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All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
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Top scorers
Season
Single game
Clean sheets
Broadcasting
The following matches were broadcast live on television in Ireland on
RTÉ. In the
United Kingdom
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Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service ...
broadcast live coverage of the All-Ireland final. Highlights of a number of other games were shown on ''
The Sunday Game
''The Sunday Game'' is RTÉ's main Gaelic games television programme. It is shown on RTÉ2 every Sunday during the Football Championship and Hurling Championship seasons. It is one of RTÉ2's longest-running shows, having been on air since 1 ...
''.
External links
1991 All-Ireland final on YouTube
References
{{Hurling All-Irelands
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship