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1946 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

1946 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
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


The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1946 was the 60th series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Cork won the championship, beating Kilkeny 7-5 to 3-8 in the final at Croke 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:


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