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.

1991 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details
Dates19 May - 1 September 1991
Teams16
All-Ireland champions
Winning teamTipperary (24th win)
CaptainDeclan Carr
ManagerMichael 'Babs' Keating
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing teamKilkenny
CaptainLiam Fennelly
ManagerOllie Walsh
Provincial champions
MunsterTipperary
LeinsterKilkenny
UlsterAntrim
ConnachtNot Played
Championship statistics
No. matches played16
Top Scorer Michael Cleary (3-35)
Player of the Year Pat Fox
All-Star TeamSee here
← 1990
1992 →

Cork were the defending champions but were defeated by Tipperary in the Munster final replay.[1] 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 Championship Current championship
Antrim 1990 — Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
Clare 1932 1914 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Cork 1990 1990 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Derry 1908 — Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
Down 1942 — Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
Dublin 1961 1938 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Galway 1922 1988 Connacht Senior Hurling Championship
Kerry 1891 1891 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Kilkenny 1987 1983 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Laois 1949 1915 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Limerick 1981 1973 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Offaly 1990 1985 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Tipperary 1989 1989 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Waterford 1963 1959 Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Westmeath — — All-Ireland Senior B Hurling Championship
Wexford 1977 1968 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

Provincial championships

Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Kerry1-12 – 2-15Waterford
J. Hennessy (1-6), D. O'Regan (0-2), B. O'Mahony (0-2), L. O'Connor (0-1), C. Walsh (0-1). M. O'Keeffe (1-2), B. O'Sullivan (1-1), L. O'Connor (0-4), Hanley (0-3), E. Nolan (0-1), K. Delahunty (0-1), P. Prendergast (0-1), N. Crowley (0-1), J. Brenner (0-1).
Referee: T. Murray (Limerick)
Limerick0-21 – 1-15Clare
G. Kirby (0-10), M. Galligan (0-6), C. Carey (0-3), T. Kenny (0-1), M. Houlihan (0-1). M. Daffy (1-3), C. Lyons (0-4), T. Guilfoyle (0-4), V. Donnellan (0-2), P. Minogue (0-1), M. McNamara (0-1).
Attendance: 14,750
Referee: W. Barrett (Tipperary)
Cork2-10 – 0-13Waterford
T. O'Sullivan (0-6), K. Hennessy (1-0), J. Fitzgibbon (1-0), C. Casey (0-3), G. FitzGerald (0-1). K. Delahunty (0-4), B. O'Sullivan (0-2), E. Nolan (0-2), M. O'Keeffe (0-2), S. Aherne (0-1), L. O'Connor (0-1), N. Crowley (0-1).
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: K. Walsh (Clare)
Tipperary2-18 – 0-10Limerick
N. English (1-2), M. Cleary (0-5), Cormac Bonnar (1-1), P. Fox (0-4), D. Ryan (0-3), J. Leahy (0-3). G. Kirby (0-5), M. Galligan (0-1), G. Ryan (0-1), D. Nash (0-1), A. Carmody (0-1), F. Carroll (0-1).
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: J. Moore (Waterford)
Cork4-10 – 2-16Tipperary
G. FitzGerald (2-0), K. Hennessy (1-2), J. Fitzgibbon (1-2), T. O'Sullivan (0-3), C. Casey (0-2), P. Buckley (0-1). M. Cleary (0-8), P. Fox (1-3), J. Leahy (1-1), Cormac Bonnar (0-1), N. English (0-1), A. Ryan (0-1), D. Ryan (0-1).
Attendance: 46,695
Referee: T. Murray (Limerick)
Tipperary4-19 – 4-15Cork
M. Cleary (1-7), P. Fox (1-5), A. Ryan (1-1), D. Carr (1-1), D. Ryan (0-2), J. Leahy (0-2), Cormac Bonnar (0-1). J. Fitzgibbon (2-1), T. O'Sullivan (0-6), G. FitzGerald (1-2), K. Hennessy (1-0), J. Cashman (0-3), T. Mulcahy (0-1), P. Buckley (0-1), C. Casey (0-1).
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: T. Murray (Limerick)

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
Wexford2-19 – 2-14Laois
J. Holohan (1-10), M. Storey (0-4), E. Sinnott (1-0), J. O'Connor (0-3), D. Prendergast (0-1), B. Byrne (0-1). P. Bergin (0-8), N. Rigney (1-3), J. Bates (1-0), M. O'Sullivan (0-2), O. Coss (0-1).
Referee: P. Horan (Offaly)
Kilkenny2-9 – 0-13Wexford
D. J. Carey (1-5), J. Power (1-0), É. Morrissey (0-2), L. McCarthy (0-1), M. Phelan (0-1). J. Holohan (0-5), B. Byrne (0-2), M. Storey (0-2), T. Dempsey (0-2), S. Fitzhenry (0-1), G. O'Connor (0-1).
Referee: P. Delaney (Laois)
Dublin0-19 – 1-14Offaly
M. J. Ryan (0-5), S. McDermott (0-4), J. Morris (0-3), J. Murphy (0-2), B. McMahon (0-1), S. Morkham (0-1), M. Ryan (0-1), J. Twomey (0-1), S. Kearns (0-1). Johnny Dooley (1-7), B. Dooley (0-2), J. Pilkington (0-2), D. Regan (0-1), H. Rigney (0-1), B. Whelehan (0-1).
Referee: D. Murphy (Wexford)
Dublin1-11 – 1-13Kilkenny
M. J. Ryan (0-4), S. McDermott (1-0), J. Morris (0-3), R. Boland (0-1), C. Ó Giolláin (0-1), C. Hetherton (0-1), S. Kearns (0-1). A. Ronan (1-3), D. J. Carey (0-5), J. Power (0-3), L. McCarthy (0-2).
Referee: D. Murphy (Wexford)

Ulster Senior Hurling Championship
Down6-13 – 2-10Derry
N. Sands (3-1), G. Blaney (2-1), C. Mageen (1-4), D. Hughes (0-4), B. Coulter (0-2), M. Blaney (0-1). O. Collins (0-7), B. Regan (1-0), D. Cassidy (1-0), P. Cassidy (0-1), R. McCloskey (0-1), A. McCrystal (0-1).
Antrim3-14 – 3-10Down
J. Carson (1-8), A. McCarry (2-1), P. McKillen (0-4), T. McNaughton (0-1). C. Mageen (2-1), N. Sands (0-7), P. Coulter (1-0), K. Coulter (0-1), J. McCarthy (0-1).

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Antrim5-11 – 1-5Westmeath
C. Barr (2-1), J. Close (2-0), J. Carson (1-2), P. Jennings (0-3), T. McNaughton (0-2), A. McGuile (0-1), P. McKillen (0-1), J. McNaughton (0-1). R. Galvin (1-0), D. Kilcoyne (0-3), A. Devine (0-2).
St. Brigid's Park, Dundalk
Referee: A. Mac Suibhne (Dublin)
Kilkenny2-18 – 1-19Antrim
É. Morrissey (2-4), D. J. Carey (0-8), L. McCarthy (0-3), L. Fennelly (0-1), C. Heffernan (0-1), P. Dwyer (0-1). J. Carson (0-7), T. McNaughton (0-4), D. Donnelly (1-0), A. McCarry (0-3), C. Barr (0-2), J. McNaughton (0-1), P. McKillen (0-1), J. Close (0-1).
Attendance: 60,976
Referee: W. Horgan (Cork)
Tipperary3-13 – 1-9Galway
M. Cleary (1-9), D. Ryan (1-0), Cormac Bonna (1-0), C. Stakelum (0-2), J. Leahy (0-1), D. Carr (0-1). M. McGrath (1-1), J. Cooney (0-4), J. Rabbitte (0-1). B. Keogh (0-1), R. Duane (0-1), M. Naughton (0-1).
Attendance: 60,976
Referee: D. Murphy (Wexford)
Tipperary1-16 – 0-15Kilkenny
M. Cleary (1-6), P. Fox (0-5), A. Ryan (0-2), D. Ryan (0-1), J. Leahy (0-1), B. Ryan (0-1). D. J. Carey (0-9), É. Morrissey (0-3), L. Fennelly (0-1), L. McCarthy (0-1), R. Power (0-1).
Attendance: 64,500
Referee: W. Horgan (Cork)
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
  1. Keys, Colm (9 September 2014). "Was final the best game of hurling ever to be played?". Irish Independent. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
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