NUI Galway have now tasted defeat in four of the past six Collingwood Cup finals.
Lanigan had Maynooth off to a dream start, getting his head to a Conor Mahony cross from the left and brilliantly placed the ball well out of the reach of Galway keeper Evan Duffy after five minutes.
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