Corofin 4-14
St Mary's 2-6

Martin Farragher helped himself to a hat-trick of goals as holders Corofin comfortably overcame the challenge of St Mary's of Sligo at Markievcz Park.

It was all one way traffic once Micheal Lundy converted a third minute penalty for Stephen Rochford's charges who led by 2-3 to 0-0 at the end of the opening quarter.

An 18th minute Kyle Cawley goal gave the hosts a glimmer of hope but they turned around for the second-half faced with a 1-3 to 2-6 deficit.

Farragher's second and third goals arrived in the 48th and 55th minutes while Rory Guinan netted a late consolation goal for the Yeats County outfit.

The holders will expect a much sterner test when they take on Castlebar Mitchels in the decider.

Corofin - T Healy; P Kelly, K Fitzgerald, A Burke; C McGrath, C Cunningham, L Silke (0-1); Michael Farragher, R Steede (0-2); G Sice (0-1f), D Wall, M Lundy (1-3, 1-0pen); J Leonard (0-1), I Burke (0-4), Martin Farragher (3-2, 0-1f). Subs: G Higgins for A Burke, B O'Donovan for J Leonard, C Silke for P Kelly, K Molloy for C McGrath, S Monaghan for I Burke, J Burke for G Sice.

St Mary's - F Ruddy; S Keenan, J Martyn, L Henry; N McManus, J Davey, G O'Kelly Lynch; M Butler, B Smith; M Breheny (0-2f), R Guinan (1-2, 0-2f), C Egan (0-1); K Cawley (1-0), D Kilgallon (0-1), S Coen. Subs: C Breheny for K Cawley, J Lynch for N McManus, P Kilcoyne for B Smith, N Rooney for D Kilgallon, C Kelly for C Breheny (BC).

Referee - L Devenney.

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