Aaron Gillane bagged 2-10 as champions Mary Immaculate College defeated NUIG by 4-18 to 1-16.

NUIG are hosting the Fitzgibbon finals weekend this year but they won't be involved in a playing capacity after the holders swept to victory in Limerick.

Both Gillane's majors arrived inside six second-half minutes shortly after the restart and the winners also had first-half goals from Tadhg Gallagher and Luke Meade to claim a 2-11 to 0-11 interval advantage.

Meanwhile, in today's other quarter-final, UCC survived a real scare before defeating DCU by 1-18 to 0-16.

Each side registered eleven points in the first half and the underdogs led by 0-14 to 0-13 approaching the three-quarters stage. The giant-killing visitors were still within two points going into injury time. But Tipperary midfielder Michael Breen - who came off the bench at half time - netted late on to ensure victory for the star-studded hosts at the Mardyke.

Mary Immaculate College - C Barrett; D Sweeney, R English, E Quirke; C Twomey, R Maher, A Flynn; C Galvin, S Cahill; D O'Donovan (0-2), M O'Neill (0-3), A Gillane (2-10, 0-4f, 0-2'65); T Gallagher (1-0), C Lynch, L Meade (1-2). Subs: T Monaghan (0-1) for T Gallagher, T Grimes for A Gillane, C Stapleton for C Twomey, T O'Mahony for C Lynch, P O'Connell for D O'Donovan.

NUIG - C Tuohy; C Ryan, G Fennelly, G Forde; S Moloney, C Cleary (0-1f), M Connelly; I Fox (0-1), O Donnellan (0-1); G Loughnane (1-0), K McHugo, C Whelan (0-3, 1f, 1sl); G Hennelly (0-9, 6f, 1'65), S Conlon (0-1), A Helebert. Subs: N Mitchell for A Helebert, J Commins for K McHugo, C Cosgrove for M Connelly, S Barrett for G Loughnane.

Referee - F Horgan.

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UCC - J Barry; S Roche, C Spillane, I Kenny; S Kennedy (0-4, 2f), C Gleeson (0-1), R Cahalane; J Barron (0-2, 1f), C O'Leary (0-2f); G O'Brien (0-1), T Devine, M O'Brien (0-1); A Cadogan (0-2, 1f), J O'Flynn, A Spillane (0-3). Subs: M Breen (1-0) for J O'Flynn, M O'Connor (0-1) for R Cahalane, M O'Halloran (0-1) for G O'Brien, E Gunning for I Kenny.

DCU - R Gillen; S McCaw, E O'Donnell, C Delaney; T French, P Foley, P O'Dea (0-1); G Bailey, A Maddock; L Fahey (0-1), R McBride (0-2), J Byrne; AJ Murphy (0-3), P Curran (0-7, 6f), E Conroy. Subs: K Doyle (0-1) for S McCaw, E McHugh for T French, H O'Connor for G Bailey, P Kelly (0-1) for K Doyle.

Referee - A Kelly.

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