The All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship 1945 was the 59th series of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Ireland's premier hurling knock-out competition. Tipperary won the championship, beating Kilkenny 5-6 to 3-6 in the final.

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:

Provincial championships

Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

First round Semi-finals Final

Munster Senior Hurling Championship

First round Semi-finals Final

All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship

All-Ireland semi-finals

All-Ireland Final

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