1946 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship

The 1946 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship was the 25th staging of the All-Ireland Junior Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1912. It was the first championship to be completed in the aftermath of the Emergency.

1946 All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship
All Ireland Champions
WinnersKilkenny (2nd win)
CaptainP. Dack
All Ireland Runners-up
Runners-upLondon
CaptainM. Wade
Provincial Champions
MunsterLimerick
LeinsterKilkenny
UlsterNot Played
ConnachtGalway
1941
1947

Limerick entered the championship as the defending champions.

The All-Ireland final was played on 6 October 1946 at Nowlan Park in Kilkenny, between Kilkenny and London, in what was their first ever meeting in a final. Kilkenny won the match by 5-04 to 2-02 to claim their second championship title overall and a first title since 1928.

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