| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19 May - 1 September 1991 |
| Teams | 16 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Winning team | Tipperary (24th win) |
| Captain | Declan Carr |
| Manager | Michael 'Babs' Keating |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Kilkenny |
| Captain | Liam Fennelly |
| Manager | Ollie Walsh |
| Provincial champions | |
| Munster | Tipperary |
| Leinster | Kilkenny |
| Ulster | Antrim |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 16 |
| Top Scorer |  Michael Cleary (3-35) |
| Player of the Year | Pat Fox |
| 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.
- ^ Keys, Colm (9 September 2014). "Was final the best game of hurling ever to be played?". Irish Independent. Retrieved 23 May 2016.