| Championship details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 28 April - 1 September 1946 |
| Teams | 17 |
| All-Ireland champions | |
| Winning team | Cork (16th win) |
| Captain | Christy Ring |
| All-Ireland Finalists | |
| Losing team | Kilkenny |
| Captain | Jack Mulcahy |
| Provincial champions | |
| Munster | Cork |
| Leinster | Kilkenny |
| Ulster | Antrim |
| Connacht | Not Played |
| Championship statistics | |
| No. matches played | 16 |
| Top Scorer | Paddy O'Brien (7–3) |
| All-Star Team | See here |
←1945 1947 → | |
TheAll-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1946 was the 60th series of theAll-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship,Ireland's premierhurlingknock-out competition.Cork won the championship, beatingKilkeny 7–5 to 3–8 in thefinal atCroke Park,Dublin.
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:
| Offaly | 5–3 – 1–8 | Laois |
|---|---|---|
| Purcell (2–0), Burke (1–1), Daly (1–0), Dillon (1–0), Shine (0–2). | Kelly (1–0), Baggot (0–3), Brennan (0–2), Cranny (0–2), Kenna (0–1). |
| Dublin | 4–6 – 3–4 | Offaly |
|---|---|---|
| N. Wade (2–4), J. Prior (1–0), Daly (1–0), H. Gray (0–2), | Sheeran (1–1), Walsh (1–0), ? (1–0), Shine (0–1), Burke (0–1), Ryan (0–1). |
| Kilkenny | 3–8 – 1–12 | Dublin |
|---|---|---|
| T. Walton (2–0), J. Langton (0–4), J. Gargan (1–0), S. O'Brien (0–2), P. O'Brien (0–1), T. Leahy (0–1). | T. Herbert (0–4), N. Daly (1–0), N. Wade (0–3), H. Gray (0–2), S. Óg Ó Ceallacháin (0–2), P. O'Brien (0–1). |
| Cork | 2–9 – 2–1 | Clare |
|---|---|---|
| J. Kelly (1–1), G. O'Riordan (1–0), C. Ring (0–3), M. O'Riordan (0–2), C. Murphy (0–2), J. Lynch (0–1). | Frost (1–0), Quain (1–0), McDonnell (0–1). |
| Limerick | 3–5 – 2–2 | Tipperary |
|---|---|---|
| J. Mackey (2–1), M. Mackey (0–2), P. FitzGerald (0–1), J. Power (0–1). | Dwyer (1–0), A. Brennan (1–0), Ryan (0–1), J. Coffey (0–1). |
| Cork | 3–9 – 1–6 | Waterford |
|---|---|---|
| M O'Riordan (1–1), G. O'Riordan (1–1), J. Kelly (1–1), C. Ring (0–4), E. J. O'Sullivan (0–1), J. Lynch (0–1). | Barron (1–0), W. Galvin (0–2), V. Baston (0–2), Feeney (0–2). |
| Cork | 3–8 – 1–3 | Limerick |
|---|---|---|
| C. Ring (0–5), M. O'Riordan (1–1), C. Murphy (1–0), J. Kelly (1–0), J. Young (0–1), J. Lynch (0–1). | McCarthy (1–0), M. Mackey (0–2), J. Ryan (0–1). |
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 1M |  Cork | 2–10 (16) | |||||||
| 1C |  Galway | 0–03 (3) | |||||||
| 1M | Cork | 7–05 (26) | |||||||
| 1L |  Kilkenny | 3–08 (17) | |||||||
| 1L | Kilkenny | 7–11 (32) | |||||||
| 1U |  Antrim | 0–07 (7) | |||||||
| Cork | 2–10 – 0–3 | Galway |
|---|---|---|
| J. Kelly (2–1), C. Ring (0–4), J. Lynch (0–3),M. O'Riordan (0–1), P. Healy (0–1). | J. Gallagher (0–2), S. Gallagher (0–1). |
| Kilkenny | 7–11 – 0–7 | Antrim |
|---|---|---|
| J. Langton (1–5), P. O'Brien (2–1), T. Walton (2–0), L. Reidy (1–2), S. O'Brien (1–1), T. Leahy (0–1), T. Maher (0–1). | J. Mullan (0–5), N. Campbell (0–1), H. Mulholland (0–1). |
| Cork | 7–5 – 3–8 | Kilkenny |
|---|---|---|
| M. O'Riordan (2–0), C. Murphy (2–0), C. Ring (1–3), G. O'Riordan (1–0), J. Kelly (1–0), B. Murphy (0–1), J. Lynch (0–1). | T. Leahy (2–0), J. Langton (0–5), P. O'Brien (1–0), T. Walton (0–2), S. O'Brien (0–1). |