Dublin opened their O'Byrne Cup campaign with a 1-12 to 1-5 win over Maynooth University at Parnell Park.

Eoghan O'Gara bagged 1-3 for the Leinster champions who raced into a 1-2 to 0-0 lead inside six minutes. Three Dean Rock frees had extended their advantage to 1-7 to 0-3 by half-time, with Barry Dardis scoring twice for Maynooth.

Making their debut in the competition, Maynooth resumed with a point from Barry Duggan and a well-taken Dardis goal to reduce the deficit to four, 1-8 to 1-4. But Dublin ended their comeback with points from Tomas Brady and Shane Carthy.

Elsewhere, there were wins from Kildare, Offaly, UCD, Meath, DIT and Wicklow.

Dublin - L Molloy; M Fitzsimons, E Culligan, D Daly; N Devereux, J Small, G Hannigan; D Bastick, E O Conghaile (0-1); T Brady (0-1), D Rock (0-5, 2f), S Carthy (0-1); H Dawson, E O'Gara (1-3), N Collins. Subs: N Scully for D Bastick, I Kavanagh for M Fitzsimons, S Lowndes for T Brady, D McLoughlin (0-1) for D Rock, A McCarrick for D Daly, C Dunleavy for E O'Gara.

Maynooth University - G Brody; C Carton, D Hyland, N Lenihan; E Lowndes, S McElroy, F Flanagan; G Hannigan, P Faulkner; J Gonoud, M Walsh (0-1f), D Duke; B Duggan (0-1), R Kennedy (0-1), B Dardis (1-2). Subs: K Mulhall for S McElroy, P Lynch for R Kennedy, T Gibbons for D Duke, M McCarville for B Duggan, R McEneny for C Carton.

Referee - S Murphy.

O'Byrne Cup first round results:

Dublin 1-12 Maynooth Uni 1-5
Offaly 2-12 Laois 0-9
Kildare 1-16 Louth 0-7
Carlow 1-12 UCD 0-18
Westmeath 0-10 Meath 1-13
Wexford 0-14 DIT 1-12
Wicklow 2-14 IT Carlow 2-9

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