ANNA ROSE KENNEDY was to the four in Bansha as Tipperary booked an All-Ireland SFC quarter-final date with Meath.
The Premier raced into a 0-4 to 0-0 lead and restricted Donegal to a point from play in the first half.


Donegal got back to within a point midway through the second period — 0-10 to 1-6 — with Jodie McFadden’s goal kick-starting the Ulster side’s revival.
But a late Aisling Moloney free put daylight between the sides.
A superb display from Kennedy helped Tipperary to a 0-8 to 0-3 lead at the interval, with the Aherlow star hitting four superb points from play.
Kirsty Crotty Ryan got Tipp off the mark in the first minute and added her second four minutes from the break.
Emma Morrissey and Moloney — from a free — also got on the board.
Donegal got off the mark on 19 minutes with a Susanne White free and she quickly added another.
But the Ulster side’s first score from play did not arrive until Bláithnaid McLaughlin found her range three minutes before half-time.
The Premier extended their lead to 0-10 to 0-3 with 11 minutes of the second half gone as Moloney pointed two frees.
But with the game running away from them, Donegal snatched 1-3 without reply.
A counter-attack cut open the Tipp defence down the middle and Katie Dowds stroked over a point. Then following a foul on Eva Gallagher, McFadden pointed the free.
And after a high kick came back off the upright, McFadden shot low past Lauren Fitzpatrick in the Tipperary goal.
When McFadden pointed another free to make it 0-10 to 1-6, alarm bells were ringing for Tipperary.
But after scoring a hard-earned draw with All-Ireland champions Kerry in the Munster SFC, Tipp were not about to let a tight game slip and shut up shop at the back.
They held the visitors scoreless for the final quarter — Donegal were reduced to 14 players with a yellow card for McLaughlin — with Moloney wrapping up the scoring.
TIPPERARY: L Fitzpatrick; N Martin, L Spillane, E Cronin; S English, M Curley, C English; L Morrissey, E Morrissey 0-1; N Towey, AR Kennedy 0-4, N Shelly; A McGuigan, A Moloney 0-4f, K Crotty Ryan 0-2. Subs: A O’Shea for N Shelly 23 mins, A Fennessy for K Crotty Ryan 44, I Carr for N Towey 46, A Ryan for A McGuigan 53.
DONEGAL: C Friel; S McFadden, A Temple Asokuh, S McFeeley; B McLaughlin 0-1, E McGinley, C Gillespie; R Rodgers, R McColgan; S White 0-2f, K Dowds 0-1, F McManamon; E Gallagher, J McFadden 1-2, 2f, N Boyle. Subs: A McDermott for F McManamon 45 mins, A Walsh for C Gillespie 49, M Bennett for E Gallagher 53, A McGranaghan for S White 58, F Naughton for R Rodgers 58.
REFEREE: A McCarthy (Dublin).