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. Results
April 28 1946
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).
June 2 1946
June 23 1946
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).
July 7 1946
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).
June 9 1946
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).
June 16 1946
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).
June 30 1946
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).
July 14 1946
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).
Referee: W. O'Donnell (Tipperary)
June 16 1946
July 27 1946
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).
August 4 1946
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).
Referee: G. Kelly (Dublin)
1 September 1946
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).
Attendance: 64,415
Referee: J. Flaherty (Offaly)
Sources
Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).