1945–46 Irish Cup

The 1945–46 Irish Cup was the 66th edition of the Irish Cup, the premier knock-out cup competition in Northern Irish football.

1945–46 Irish Cup

Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	10
Defending champions	Linfield
Final positions
Champions	Linfield (23rd win)
Runners-up	Distillery
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	55 (3.44 per match)
← 1944–45 1946–47 →

Linfield won the tournament for the 23rd time and the 2nd consecutive year, defeating Distillery 3–0 in the final at Celtic Park.^[1][2]

Results

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First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cliftonville	6–3	RAF Aldergrove	3–2	3–1
Glentoran	4–7	Belfast Celtic II	3–2	1–5
Ards II	bye
Belfast Celtic	bye
Derry City	bye
Distillery	bye
Linfield	bye
Linfield Swifts	bye

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Belfast Celtic II	3–1	Cliftonville	0–0	3–1
Derry City	2–10	Belfast Celtic	0–3	2–7
Distillery	4–1	Linfield Swifts	2–1	2–0
Linfield	5–3	Ards II	2–0	3–3

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Distillery	0–0	Belfast Celtic II
Linfield	2–0	Belfast Celtic

Replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Distillery	1–0	Belfast Celtic II

Final

13 April 1946

Linfield	3–0	Distillery
Walsh 35', 80' McCrory 72'	Report

Celtic Park, Belfast

Attendance: 20,137