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: