Championship details | |
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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 |
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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: