Poor finishing from the home side and the efficiency in front of goal of Dublin's Faughs were decisive at Dundalk yesterday.

Faughs led 0-6 to 0-5 at the break with Aongus O'Grady hooking their best goal chance wide a minute from the interval.

Faughs never dominated, but when Moninne's Michael McNamara struck two 20-metre frees wide in the final minutes, they quickly wrapped it up with four points.

FAUGHS: T O'Mahony; R Boland, L Walsh, T Dooley; C McCann (0-1), S Boland, C Bonar (0-2); D Power, C Brady; T Murnane, T Tighe, J Small (0-5); A O'Grady (0-4, three frees and one 65), K McGrath (0-2), J Williams (0-1). Subs: S Coogan for T Tighe; P Firth for R Boland; T McGrath for D Power.

NAOMH MONINNE: E McArdle; M Fanning, P Murphy, J O'Flaherty; T Murphy, J Kennedy, D Murphy; B Murphy, G Collins (0-1); J Mur- phy (0-1), M McNamara (0-4, four frees), G Connolly; T Ryan, J Kennedy, C Connolly (0-1). Subs: D Byrne for J Kennedy; G Brennan for T Murphy; P Mulholland for M Fanning.

Referee: J McGrath (Westmeath).