1946 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

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.

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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

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date = June 2, 1946
Quarterfinal |

team1 = Westmeath |

score = 3-9 – 6-8 |

team2 = Offaly |

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stadium = Cusack Park, Mullingar

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date = June 2, 1946
Semifinal |

team1 = Wexford |

score = 2-2 – 7-4 |

team2 = Kilkenny |

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stadium = O'Kennedy Park, New Ross

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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

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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

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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 |

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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 |

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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 |

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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)

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date = June 16, 1946
Quarterfinal |

team1 = Fermanagh |

score = – |

team2 = Monaghan |

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stadium = Enniskillen

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date = July 7, 1946
Semifinal |

team1 = Armagh |

score = 4-4 – 3-6 |

team2 = Donegal |

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stadium = Healy Park, Omagh

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date = July 7, 1946
Semifinal |

team1 = Antrim |

score = 7-15 – 2-8 |

team2 = Monaghan |

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date = 1946
Final |

team1 = Antrim |

score = 6-3 – 2-1 |

team2 = Armagh |

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stadium = Corrigan Park, Belfast

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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

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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)

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|date=1 September 1946
Final |

|team1=Cork

|score=7-5 – 3-8

|team2=Kilkenny

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|goals1= 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).

|goals2= T. Leahy (2-0), J. Langton (0-5), P. O'Brien (1-0), T. Walton (0-2), S. O'Brien (0-1).

|stadium=Croke Park, Dublin

|attendance=64,415

|referee= J. Flaherty (Offaly)

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

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All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship