1991 All-Ireland Senior Hurling ChampionshipChampionship details |
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Dates | 19 May - 1 September 1991 |
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Teams | 16 |
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All-Ireland champions |
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Winning team | Tipperary (24th win) |
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Captain | Declan Carr |
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Manager | Michael 'Babs' Keating |
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All-Ireland Finalists |
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Losing team | Kilkenny |
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Captain | Liam Fennelly |
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Manager | Ollie Walsh |
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Provincial champions |
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Munster | Tipperary |
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Leinster | Kilkenny |
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Ulster | Antrim |
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Connacht | Not Played |
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Championship statistics |
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No. matches played | 16 |
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Top Scorer | Michael Cleary (3-35) |
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Player of the Year | Pat Fox |
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All-Star Team | See here |
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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.[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
Teams
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.
Provincial championships
Kerry | 1-12 – 2-15 | Waterford |
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)
Limerick | 0-21 – 1-15 | Clare |
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)
Cork | 2-10 – 0-13 | Waterford |
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)
Tipperary | 2-18 – 0-10 | Limerick |
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)
Cork | 4-10 – 2-16 | Tipperary |
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)
Tipperary | 4-19 – 4-15 | Cork |
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)
Wexford | 2-19 – 2-14 | Laois |
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)
Kilkenny | 2-9 – 0-13 | Wexford |
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)
Dublin | 0-19 – 1-14 | Offaly |
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)
Dublin | 1-11 – 1-13 | Kilkenny |
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)
Down | 6-13 – 2-10 | Derry |
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). |
Antrim | 3-14 – 3-10 | Down |
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
All-Ireland quarter-finals
Antrim | 5-11 – 1-5 | Westmeath |
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). |
Referee: A. Mac Suibhne (Dublin)
All-Ireland semi-finals
Kilkenny | 2-18 – 1-19 | Antrim |
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)
Tipperary | 3-13 – 1-9 | Galway |
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)
All-Ireland final
Tipperary | 1-16 – 0-15 | Kilkenny |
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)
Top scorers
Season
Single game
Clean sheets
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.
External links
- 1991 All-Ireland final on YouTube
References
- ^ 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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Beginning of Liam MacCarthy | |
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80-minute experiment | |
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'Back-door' era | |
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Associated competitions | |
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