Wednesday night saw two Fitzgibbon Cup contenders hold off two up-and-coming hurling counties in the Walsh Cup third round.

DJ Carey's IT Carlow sneaked past Meath at Dunganny, running out 4-18 to 4-17 winners having led by 2-11 to 0-9 at the interval.

A goal from Neil Heffernan and a IT Carolow own goal improved things for the Royals after the resumption somewhat but Carlow looked set for a comfortable win when leading by 4-18 to 2-14 with seven minutes remaining.

Meath then hit 2-4 on the bounce with goals from Kevin Keena and Stephen Clynch to level the game in injury time before a late IT Carlow winner.

UCD were too strong for Carlow at Dr Cullen Park, Leading 3-8 to 0-4 at the break the Belfield College went on to win by 3-15 to 1-18.

The first game of the night saw NUIG defeat DIT by 1-24 to 0-18 in Abbottstown.

IT Carlow - E Rowland; R Brown, K Hannafin, D Palmer; T Gallagher, D Healy, D O'Hanlon; K Kelly, T Nolan; M Kavanagh (0-1), C Dwyer (1-4), C Dunford; C Bolger (1-4), S Maher (0-6, 2f), M Redmond. Subs: L Mullally for D Palmer, J Fitzpatrick for S Maher, C Madden for D O'Hanlon, S Phelan (0-1) for T Nolan, A Mortimer (1-2) for C Dunford, M O'Hanlon (1-0f) for C Dwyer.

Meath - S McGann; S Geraghty, S Whitty, C Reilly; S Brennan, K Keoghan (0-1), D Reilly; A Forde, J Keena; J Toher (0-5f), C McCabe, J Kelly (0-1); K Keena (1-3, 0-1f), N Heffernan (1-0), S Quigley (0-1). Subs: M O'Grady for A Forde, L Ferguson for S Quigley, N Weir for J Keena, S Clynch (1-4) for D Reilly, L Martyn for J Toher, C Ennis for S McGann, P Keogh for C McCabe, J McCloskey (1-2) for N Heffernan.

Referee - A Devine.

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UCD - D Holohan; E Hayden, P Hannon, C McGabhann; H Lawlor (0-1), T Burke, J O'Connor (0-1'65); C Buckley (0-1), P Guinan; L Scanlan, B Quigley, T Phelan (1-0); D Dolan, C Keane (0-3, 1f), O O'Rorke (2-7, 0-6f, 0-1'65). Subs: C Butler for C McGabhann, C O'Shea (0-1) for T Burke, JJ Ryan for P Hannon, M Brennan for O O'Rorke, E Hennessy for D Dolan, R McEvoy (0-1) for P Guinan, J O'Toole for C Keane, D Monks for T Phelan, J Power for L Scanlon, J Houlihan for C Buckley.

Carlow - B Treacy; D Wall, R Kelly, A Casey; J O'Hara, R Coady, E Redmond; J Kavanagh, S Whelan; R Smithers (0-1), P Coady (0-10f), S Murphy (0-1); C Nolan (1-2), E Byrne (0-2), S Brennan. Subs: G Bennett for A Casey, P Doyle for R Kelly, A Corcoran for D Wall, C Wall (0-1) for S Murphy, D English for S Whelan, K McDonald for S Brennan, D Byrne for J Kavanagh, J Murphy (0-1) for P Coady, A Dunne for E Redmond.

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NUIG - C Tuohy; S Moloney, B Fitzpatrick, G Fennelly; M Connelly, C Cleary (0-1'65), G Forde; I Fox (0-2), O Donnellan; S Hynes (0-2), K McHugo (1-4), G Hennelly (0-6, 2f); J Fox, S Conlon (0-1), A Helebert (0-5, 1f). Subs: G Loughnane (0-2) for M Connelly, C Devine for A Tuohy, P McCrann (0-1) for S Hynes, S Barrett for K McHugo, C O'Halloran for I Fox, C Kelly for G Fennelly, C Smyth for S Moloney, E Larkin for G Hennelly.

DIT - S Brennan; E McInerney, T Doyle, P O'Reilly; C Byrne, J Guiney (0-1), J Kelly; R Greville, B Maher (0-2); A Nugent (0-3), C O'Donoghue (0-8, 5f), C Sheehan; N Walsh (0-1), R Curley, S Keating (0-1). Subs: E O'Hehir (0-1) for C Sheehan, S McClelland (0-1) for E McInerney, J Murphy for A Nugent, T Byrne for S Keating.

Referee - S Stack.

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