Goals from Odhrán MacNiallais and Caolan Ward should have given them a comfortable passage, but they almost blew it when a late Derry fightback saw Ryan Bell smash a shot against the crossbar.
Donegal hit the front with a tenth minute goal from MacNiallais, but the Oak Leafers clicked into action, scoring five points on the spin, three of them coming from Ryan Bell long range frees.
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