The Galway and Connacht champions did their best work in the first half to open up a 2-5 to 0-4 interval lead.
A Padraic Cunningham penalty (5) gave the westerners a huge early fillip before team-mate Michael Colohan palmed the ball to the net in the 22nd minute.
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