A three goal first-half blitz sent Galway on the road to a convincing Connacht MFC quarter-final victory over rivals Mayo at MacHale Park today.

The Stephen Joyce managed outfit prevailed on a scoreline of 3-15 to 0-11 in front of an official attendance of 1,902 spectators.

Goals from Daniel Kenny (2) and Martin Kerrigan sowed the seeds for the impressive 13 point success and separated the sides - 3-7 to 0-7 - at the break.

Padraic Costello opened up a 10 point gap with the first score after the resumption and full-forward Evan Murphy tagged on another shortly after.

The remainder of the second-half followed a similar pattern with the Damian Gavin managed Mayo unable to gain a foothold in the contest and all they could muster was four points in response.

Aiming to go one step further than last year's All-Ireland final defeat, the Tribesmen will now turn their attention to a penultimate stage clash with Roscommon which is not scheduled to be played until after the Leaving Certificate exams.

Galway - O Burke; E McFadden, S Mulkerrin, G Burke; J Glynn, S Fitzgerald, L Boyle; M Barrett (0-1), D Kenny (2-0); B Harlowe, D Silke (0-2f), M Kerrigan (1-0); R Cunningham (0-3), E Murphy (0-5, 4f), P Costello (0-2). Subs: C Campbell (0-1) for M Kerrigan, M Tierney (0-1f) for D Silke, C Walsh for B Harlowe, M McGeraghty for M Barrett, C Murray for L Boyle, J Mulrooney for D Kenny.

Mayo - J McNicholas; J Coyne, M Dervan, O O'Malley; P Towey, G Durcan, C Beirne; J Dawson, C Golding; S McGreal, N Moran, M McGarry (0-1); C Slattery (0-1), J Gallagher (0-4f), T Conroy (0-2). Subs: D Prendergast (0-1) for C Slattery, K Callaghan (0-1) for C Golding, P Lambert for S McGreal, M Conroy (0-1) for M McGarry, K King for J Coyne. S Keane for D Prendergast.

Referee - E O'Grady.

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