| All-Ireland champions | |
|---|---|
| Winning team | Tipperary (13th win) |
| Captain | John Maher |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Kilkenny |
| Captain | Peter Blanchfield |
| Provincial champions | |
| Munster | Tipperary |
| Leinster | Kilkenny |
| Ulster | Not Played |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship statistics | |
| Top Scorer | Jim Langton (0–28) |
| All-Star Team | See here |
←1944 1946 → | |
TheAll-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1945 was the 59th series of theAll-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship,Ireland's premierhurlingknock-out competition.Tipperary won the championship, beatingKilkenny 5–6 to 3–6 in thefinal.[1]
The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was run on a provincial basis as usual. All games were played on a knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship. The format for the All-Ireland series of games ran as follows:
First round
| 13 May 1945First round | Kilkenny | 2–11 – 2–04 | Wexford | Nowlan Park |
| 13 May 1945First round | Meath | 1–04 – 2–07 | Westmeath | St. Loman's Park |
| 20 May 1945First round | Offaly | 5–03 – 4–06 | Laois | St. Brendan's Park |
| 27 May 1945First round replay | Laois | 3–04 – 5–03 | Offaly | O'Moore Park |
Semi-finals
| 3 June 1945Semi-final | Kilkenny | 4–15 – 2–01 | Offaly | Nowlan Park |
| 17 June 1945Semi-final | Dublin | 8–03 – 2–04 | Westmeath | Tullamore Sportsfield |
| 1 July 1945Semi-final replay | Kilkenny | 4–15 – 2–01 | Offaly | Nowlan Park |
Final
| 15 July 1945Final | Kilkenny | 5–12 – 3–04 | Dublin | Croke Park |
| J Langton 0–8, J Gargan 2–0, S O'Brien 1–1, T Walton 1–1, J Mulcahy 1–0, L Reidy 0–1, D Kennedy 0–1. | J Gray 1–1, D Cantwell 1–1, M Ryan 1–0, M Lyons 0–2. |
First round
| 13 May 1945First round | Kerry | 0–01 – 8–06 | Clare | Austin Stack Park,Tralee |
| Flaherty 0–1. | McAllister 6–1, Nugent 1–0, Helon 1–0, Leahy 0–1, Murphy 0–1, Whelan 0–1. |
| 10 June 1945First round | Tipperary | 3–06 – 0–03 | Waterford | Páirc Mac Gearailt,Fermoy |
| J Coffey 2–0, Dwyer 1–1, P Doyle 0–1, H Goldsboro 0–1, J Maher 0–1, T Wall 0–1, T Brennan 0–1. | Moylan 0–1, V Baston 0–1, Barron 0–1. |
Semi-finals
| 24 June 1945Semi-final | Clare | 3–03 – 3–06 | Limerick | Cusack Park,Ennis |
| J Solon 2–1, McAllister 1–0, Frost 0–1, D Solon 0–1. | M Mackey 1–2, J Mackey 1–1, J Clohessy 1–0, D Stokes 0–2, Herbert 0–1. |
| 1 July 1945Semi-final | Tipperary | 2–13 – 3–02 | Cork | Thurles Sportsfield,Thurles |
| T Doyle 1–4, M Ryan 1–2, J Maher 0–2, T Brennan 0–2, J Coffey 0–1, T Ryan 0–1, H Goldboro 0–1. | J Quirke 1–1, J Lynch 1–0, P Healy 1–0, S Condon 0–1, |
Final
| 15 July 1945Final | Tipperary | 4–03 – 2–06 | Limerick | Thurles Sportsfield,Thurles |
| M Ryan 1–3, O'Keeffe 1–0, E GLeeson 1–0, J Dwyer 1–0. | M Mackey 1–2, P McCarthy 1–0, J Mackey 0–1, D Stokes 0–2, J Clohessy 0–1. | Attendance: 25,000 |
| Semi-finals 29 July / 5 August | All-Ireland final 2 September | ||||||||
 Kilkenny | 5–03 | ||||||||
 Galway | 2–11 | ||||||||
| Kilkenny | 3–06 | ||||||||
 Tipperary | 5–06 | ||||||||
| Tipperary | 5–09 | ||||||||
 Antrim | 1–06 | ||||||||
| 29 July 1945Semi-final | Kilkenny | 5–03 – 2–11 | Galway | St. Brendan's Park |
| 5 August 1945Semi-final | Tipperary | 5–09 – 1–06 | Antrim | Croke Park |
| 2 September 1945Final | Tipperary | 5–06 – 3–06 | Kilkenny | Croke Park |
| Attendance: 69,456 Referee: V Baston (Waterford) |