1946 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Format

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:

• The winners of the Munster Championship advanced directly to one of the All-Ireland semi-finals.
• The winners of the Leinster Championship advanced directly to the second All-Ireland semi-final.
• Antrim, the representatives from the Ulster Championship, were drawn to play the Leinster champions in the All-Ireland semi-final.
• Galway, a team who faced no competition in the Connacht Championship, automatically advanced to the All-Ireland semi-final where they were drawn to play the Munster champions.

Provincial championships

[[Leinster Senior Hurling Championship]]

date = April 28, 1946 First round | team1 = Offaly | score = 5–3 – 1–8 | team2 = Laois | goals1 = Purcell (2–0), Burke (1–1), Daly (1–0), Dillon (1–0), Shine (0–2). | goals2 = Kelly (1–0), Baggot (0–3), Brennan (0–2), Cranny (0–2), Kenna (0–1). | stadium = St. Brendan's Park, Birr

date = June 2, 1946 Quarterfinal | team1 = Westmeath | score = 3–9 – 6–8 | team2 = Offaly | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = Cusack Park, Mullingar

date = June 2, 1946 Semifinal | team1 = Wexford | score = 2–2 – 7–4 | team2 = Kilkenny | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = O'Kennedy Park, New Ross

date = June 23, 1946 Semifinal | team1 = Dublin | score = 4–6 – 3–4 | team2 = Offaly | goals1 = N. Wade (2–4), J. Prior (1–0), Daly (1–0), H. Gray (0–2), | goals2 = Sheeran (1–1), Walsh (1–0), ? (1–0), Shine (0–1), Burke (0–1), Ryan (0–1). | stadium = O'Moore Park, Portlaoise

date = July 7, 1946 Final | team1 = Kilkenny | score = 3–8 – 1–12 | team2 = Dublin | goals1 = 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). | goals2 = 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). | stadium = Croke Park, Dublin

[[Munster Senior Hurling Championship]]

date = June 9, 1946 Quarterfinal | team1 = Cork | score = 2–9 – 2–1 | team2 = Clare | goals1 = 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). | goals2 = Frost (1–0), Quain (1–0), McDonnell (0–1). | stadium = Gaelic Grounds, Limerick | referee =

date = June 16, 1946 Semifinal | team1 = Limerick | score = 3–5 – 2–2 | team2 = Tipperary | goals1 = J. Mackey (2–1), M. Mackey (0–2), P. FitzGerald (0–1), J. Power (0–1). | goals2 = Dwyer (1–0), A. Brennan (1–0), Ryan (0–1), J. Coffey (0–1). | stadium = Cork Athletic Grounds, Cork | referee =

date = June 30, 1946 Semifinal | team1 = Cork | score = 3–9 – 1–6 | team2 = Waterford | goals1 = 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). | goals2 = Barron (1–0), W. Galvin (0–2), V. Baston (0–2), Feeney (0–2). | stadium = Clonmel GAA Ground, Clonmel | referee =

date = July 14, 1946 Final | team1 = Cork | score = 3–8 – 1–3 | team2 = Limerick | goals1 = 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). | goals2 = McCarthy (1–0), M. Mackey (0–2), J. Ryan (0–1). | stadium = Thurles Sportsfield, Thurles | referee = W. O'Donnell (Tipperary)

[[Ulster Senior Hurling Championship]]

date = June 16, 1946 Quarterfinal | team1 = Fermanagh | score = – | team2 = Monaghan | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = Enniskillen

date = July 7, 1946 Semifinal | team1 = Armagh | score = 4–4 – 3–6 | team2 = Donegal | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = Healy Park, Omagh

date = July 7, 1946 Semifinal | team1 = Antrim | score = 7–15 – 2–8 | team2 = Monaghan | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium =

date = 1946 Final | team1 = Antrim | score = 6–3 – 2–1 | team2 = Armagh | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = Corrigan Park, Belfast

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

Bracket

All-Ireland semi-finals

date = July 27, 1946 Semifinal | team1 = Cork | score = 2–10 – 0–3 | team2 = Galway | goals1 = J. Kelly (2–1), C. Ring (0–4), J. Lynch (0–3),M. O'Riordan (0–1), P. Healy (0–1). | goals2 = J. Gallagher (0–2), S. Gallagher (0–1). | stadium = St. Brendan's Park, Birr

date = August 4, 1946 Semifinal | team1 = Kilkenny | score = 7–11 – 0–7 | team2 = Antrim | goals1 = 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). | goals2 = J. Mullan (0–5), N. Campbell (0–1), H. Mulholland (0–1). | stadium = Croke Park, Dublin | referee = G. Kelly (Dublin)

All-Ireland Final

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Sources

• Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
• Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).