Sligo senior footballers cruised to a 2-20 to 0-9 win over Limerick in Saturday's Tailteann Cup quarter-final at Markievicz Park.
The home side led 0-13 to 0-5 at half-time and second-half goals from Lee Deignan and Paddy O'Connor put the icing on a championship match Sligo controlled pretty much from start to finish.
Goal!! Lee Deignan takes a Jack Lavin pass and finds the net - @sligogaa lead 1-13 to 0-6 after 10 minutes of 2nd half pic.twitter.com/4vTEeKGamC
— Sligo GAA (@sligogaa) June 15, 2024
Sligo forward Paddy O'Connor spoke to Ocean FM Sport's Colm McGee after the win.
The other weekend Tailteann quarter-final results mean a semi-final draw is no longer necessary on Monday morning.
To ensure there are no repeat championship meetings, Sligo have been paired with Down in next Sunday's semi -finals at Croke Park.
The Mourne County knocked out Leitrim's conquerors, Wicklow, in Newry on Saturday, on a final scoreline of 1-18 to 0-12.
Antrim, who beat Fermanagh by three points on Saturday evening, await the winners of Sunday's quarter-final between Kildare and Laois in Tullamore.
Saturday's Tailteann Cup quarter-final results
Sligo 2-20 Limerick 0-9
Down 1-18 Wicklow 0-12
Fermanagh 0-11 Antrim 1-11
Semi-final pairings (Sun, June 23rd)
Sligo v Down
Antrim v Kildare/Laois
Sligo: Aidan Devaney; Nathan Mullen (0-01), Evan Lyons, Paul McNamara; Paul Kilcoyne, Brian Cox, Darragh Cummins (0-2); Patrick O’Connor (1-0), Canice Mulligan (0-1); Cian Lally (0-3), Alan McLoughlin (0-2), Lee Deignan (1-1); Mikey Gordon, Niall Murphy (0-3, 1f, 1 ‘45’), Sean Carrabine (0-7)
Subs used: Jack Lavin for Brian Cox, Mark Walsh for Mikey Gordon, 53; Donal Conlon for Cian Lally, 55; Eoghan Smith for Darragh Cummins, 59; Pat Spillane for Alan McLoughlin, 64.
