1945–46 League of Ireland

Football league season

League of Ireland
Season	1945–46
Champions	Cork United (5th title)
Matches played	56
Goals scored	258 (4.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	Patrick O'Leary (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Cork United 9–1 Drumcondra
Biggest away win	Bohemians 1–5 Shamrock Rovers Waterford 1–5 Limerick
Highest scoring	Cork United 9–1 Drumcondra Limerick 4–6 Cork United
← 1944–45 1946–47 →

The 1945–46 League of Ireland was the 25th season of senior football in the Republic of Ireland.

Cork United were the defending champions.

Changes from 1944–45

Brideville failed to get re-elected and were replaced by Waterford, who returned after a five-year absence.

Dublin

Cork

Dundalk

Waterford

Limerick

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Locations of the 1945–46 League of Ireland teams

Cork United successfully defended their title, winning their fifth title in six years.

Source: RSSSF, foot.dk

Home \ Away	BOH	CUF	DRU	DUN	LIM	SHM	SHE	WAT
Bohemians	—	1–1	0–2	1–4	2–1	1–5	3–1	0–1
Cork United	3–1	—	9–1	6–2	2–1	2–1	6–0	0–1
Drumcondra	2–3	1–1	—	5–3	3–1	2–2	4–1	3–1
Dundalk	3–1	2–2	1–2	—	2–2	5–3	2–2	3–3
Limerick	0–1	4–6	1–2	2–1	—	2–0	4–1	2–0
Shamrock Rovers	7–2	2–4	2–5	3–3	2–0	—	6–0	4–1
Shelbourne	4–1	0–3	3–3	2–4	5–0	1–2	—	3–1
Waterford	2–2	3–1	4–2	3–1	1–5	3–1	5–1	—

Source: Extratime.ie
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Patrick O'Leary	Cork United	15
2	Mick O'Flanagan	Bohemians	11
	Tommy McCormack	Drumcondra
	Tommy Eglington	Shamrock Rovers
5	George Sterling	Dundalk	10
6	Benny Henderson	Drumcondra	8
	Paddy Coad	Shamrock Rovers
	Chris Curtin	Waterford
9	Connie Forde	Cork United	7
	Seán McCarthy
	Jackie O'Driscoll
	Willie Fallon	Dundalk
	Tommy Byrne	Limerick
	Davy Cochrane	Shamrock Rovers
	Gerry Malone	Shelbourne
	Leo Ward	Drumcondra

A Division	1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85
Premier Division	1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Premier Division

Awards

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Domestic leagues	Albania '45 '46 Austria Belgium Bulgaria '45 '46 Croatia Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark Faroe Islands '45 '46 Finland '45 '46 France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '45 '46 Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Poland '46 Portugal Republic of Ireland Soviet Union '45 '46 Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey (National Division '45 '46, Football Championship '45 '46) Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Austria Bulgaria '46 Cyprus England France Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Northern Ireland Norway '45 '46 Portugal Republic of Ireland Soviet Union '45 '46 Spain Sweden '45 '46 Switzerland
Super cups	Turkey '45 '46