Armagh and Donegal will meet in the second Dr McKenna Cup semi-final on Wednesday night after accounting for Derry and Monaghan respectively.

The winners will progress to next Sunday's final against Tyrone, who defeated Fermanagh in the first semi-final at Brewster Park this afternoon.

Andrew Murnin scored a first half goal as Armagh defeated Derry by 1-15 to 0-13 before an attendance of 2,506 at the Athletic Grounds. Kieran McGeeney's men led by 1-8 to 0-5 at the break and despite some good scores from James Kielt, the visitors couldn't close the gap in the second half.

Paddy McBrearty was on fire with 1-8 as Donegal romped to a 4-17 to 0-19 victory over Monaghan in Clones. Ryan McHugh, Jamie Brennan and Odhran MacNiallais also raised green flags for the visitors who had made a wasted journey to the same venue a week ago.

Jack McCarron kicked 0-8 for the home side who trailed by 0-10 to 2-9 at half-time and also missed two second half penalties.

Down's Connaire Harrison.
©INPHO/Ryan Byrne.

In the day's other McKenna Cup tie, Connaire Harrison scored the only goal as Down defeated UUJ by 1-14 to 0-9 in Burren.

Armagh - B Hughes; P Burns, A McKay, P Hughes; N Rowland (0-2), G McCabe, M Shields; S Sheridan, C Vernon (0-2); B Crealey, A Forker (0-1), R McShane; R Grugan (0-5, 3f), A Murnin (1-2), E Rafferty. Subs: R Lappin for B Crealey, M Stevenson (0-2) for E Rafferty, B Donaghy for P Burns, M McKenna for A Forker, A Duffy for R Grugan, A Findon (0-1) for A Murnin (BC).

Derry - B McKinless; C McCluskey, M McEvoy, R Mooney (0-1); P Coney, M Bateson, L McGoldrick; C McAtamney (0-1), J Doherty; E Lynn (0-1), N Toner (0-1), C McFaul (0-1); C Doherty, M Lynch (0-2, 1f), P Hagan (0-1f). Subs: P Kearney for M Bateson, J Kielt (0-5, 4f) for M Lynch, F Higgins for J Doherty.

Referee - M McNally.

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Donegal - S Patton; L McLoone, C Ward, P Brennan; T McCleneghan, S McMenamin, R McHugh (1-1); N Mullins, H McFadden; C McGonigle, O MacNiallais (1-1, 0-1f), M McHugh (0-1); J Brennan (1-3, 0-1f), P McBrearty (1-8, 0-4f), D O'Connor (0-3). Subs: J McGee for H McFadden, M O'Reilly for M McHugh, C McGinley for N Mullins, B McCole for R McHugh, S McBrearty for P McBrearty, E Doherty for T McCleneghan.

Monaghan - S Garland; D McArdle, P McGuirk, B Kerr; J Mealiff (0-2), F Kelly, F Connolly; D Hughes, K Duffy; D Freeman, C McCarthy (0-2), D Ward (0-1); M Bannigan (0-3, 2f), J McCarron, (0-8, 5f), J Wilson (0-1). Subs: J McCarron for D McArdle, N McAdam (0-1) for K Duffy, K O'Connell for J Mealiff, O Duffy (0-1) for D Freeman, T Kerr for J Wilson, S Finnegan for F Connolly.

Referee - J McQuillan.

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Down - S Harrison; C Flanagan, S Murnin, B McArdle; K Quinn, N McParland, A Doherty (0-2f); A Morgan (0-1), C Poland; S Millar (0-3), C Maginn, C McGrady (0-1); C Harrison (1-2, 0-2f), S Dornan (0-1), S Murray (0-1). Subs: K McKernan (0-1) for S Murray, R Millar for C McGrady, B O'Hagan (0-1) for S Dornan, G McGovern (0-1) for K Quinn.

UUJ - S Fox; R Lively, C Burke, E Murray; M Magee, R Brennan, S Loughran; J Monroe, M Walsh (0-3); R McAnespie, E McHugh (0-1), P Laverty; D Tallon, N Madine (0-3, 2f), L Harney (0-1). Subs: T O'Brien for C Burke, D Muldrew for P Laverty, M Bradley for D Tallon, R McNamee (0-1) for R Brennan.

Referee - K Doherty.

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