Kildare are the outright leaders of Division 3 this evening after they made it two wins from two against Offaly in Newbridge.

Kevin Feely enjoyed an excellent debut at midfield as the Lilywhites survived a late scare to defeat their neighbours by 1-12 to 1-8. They led by double-scores, 0-8 to 0-4, at half-time and when Eamonn Callaghan played in Cathal McNally for a 47th minute goal to increase their lead to 1-9 to 0-4, it looked all over bar the shouting.

But a Peter Cunningham penalty set up a tense finish.

Could Westmeath be set for a third successive relegation? That is what disgruntled Lake County supporters are asking themselves after Tom Cribbin's men slipped to their second defeat in a week against Sligo at Markievicz Park.

Last year's Leinster finalists got off to a disastrous start and trailed by 0-1 to 0-8 after 27 minutes. But they finished the first half very strongly and aided by a Ger Egan goal, trailed by the minimum at half-time, 1-4 to 0-8.

Shane Dempsey brought the visitors level midway through the second half, but the Yeats County immediately replied with a goal from Kyle Cawley. John Heslin's seventh point left the minimum in it with time running out, but Sligo held on for a 1-11 to 1-10 victory.

At Glennon Brothers Pearse Park, Longford recorded their first win of the campaign thanks to a fine comeback victory over Limerick.

It was 0-5 apiece at half-time, but the Treaty restarted strongly to open up a 1-8 to 0-6 lead with Tom Lee finding the net. However, Denis Connerton's men scored the last seven points of the game to prevail on a 0-13 to 1-8 scoreline.

Brian Kavanagh top-scored with 0-5, while Barry McKeon and Brian Farrell also contributed to the late scoring burst.

Kildare - M Donnellan; P Kelly, D Hyland, O Lyons; R Houlihan, F Conway, C O'Donoghue; Daniel Flynn, K Feely (0-1); A Tyrrell (0-1), N Kelly (0-4), P Cribbin (0-2); N Flynn (0-4f), E Callaghan, C McNally (1-0). Subs: E Flaherty for P Cribbin, P O'Neill for A Tyrrell, E Bolton for R Houlihan, E Powderly for O Lyons, M Sherry for E Callaghan, J Byrne for C O'Donoghue (BC).

Offaly - A Mulhall; B Darby, E Rigney, S Pender; N Darby, C Donoghue (0-1), J O'Connor; G Guilfoyle (0-1f), J Gethings; C McNamee, W Mulhall, S Moriarty (0-1); B Allen (0-1f), P Cunningham (1-1, 1-0pen), N McNamee (0-2). Subs: J Maher (0-1f) for B Allen, N Smith for J Gethings, A Sullivan for C McNamee, N Bracken for S Moriarty, D Brady for B Darby, M Brazil for W Mulhall.

Referee - J Henry.

**

Sligo - A Devaney; J Kelly, K McDonnell, E Flanagan; Keelan Cawley, Brendan Egan (0-1), G O'Kelly Lynch (0-1); N Murphy (0-5, 2f, 1'45), C Breheny; N Gaughan, E McHugh, N Ewing; Kyle Cawley (1-0), M Breheny (0-4f), Brian Egan. Subs: A McIntyre for Brendan Egan (BC), J Hynes for Kyle Cawley, C Davey for N Gaughan, P Clarke for M Breheny, D Rooney for N Ewing.

Westmeath - D Quinn; J Gonoud, A Stone, K Maguire; J Egan, P Holloway, K Daly; R Connellan (0-1), F Boyle; G Egan (1-0pen), P Sharry, K Martin (0-1); C McCormack, J Heslin (0-7, 5f), J Connellan. Subs: S Dempsey (0-1) for C McCormack, J Dolan for K Daly, D Corroon for J Egan, D Lynch for J Gonoud, R Foley for A Stone.

Referee - S McLaughlin.

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Longford - P Collum; D Brady, B Gilleran, CP Smyth; D McElligott, J McGivney (0-1), D Reynolds (0-1); M Brady, D Masterson; B McKeon (0-1), B Kavanagh (0-5, 4f), R Smyth; D Gallagher, L Connerton (0-1), F McGee (0-2). Subs: M Hughes (0-1) for M Brady, B Farrell (0-1) for B McKeon, P McKeon for D Gallagher, R Connor for F McGee, A Dalton for D Masterson (BC), F McGee for B Kavanagh.

Limerick - D O'Sullivan; J McCarthy, P Browne, S O'Dea; S Cahill, I Corbert, B Fanning; G Hegarty, D Tracey; C Sheehan, P Ranahan, S Buckley; D Neville (0-1), I Ryan (0-5f), P Nash (0-2). Subs: P White for D Tracey, T Lee (1-0) for P Ranahan, T Childs for G Hegarty.

Referee - J Molloy.

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