title: 1946 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
text: # 1946 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
  
  The 1946 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the 15th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament for boys under the age of 18.
  
  Dublin entered the championship as defending champions.
  
  On 6 October 1946, Kerry won the championship following a 3-7 to 2-3 defeat of Dublin in the All-Ireland final. This was their fourth All-Ireland title and their first in ten championship seasons.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
  
  Semi-Finals
  
  Final
  
  ## Championship statistics
  
  ### Miscellaneous
  
  * The All-Ireland final was originally scheduled for 22 September 1946, but was delayed for two weeks as part of the "Save the Harvest" campaign.
  