Treble-chasing Ulster cruised through to the M Donnelly Inter-provincial Football final after winning 2-13 to 1-09, tearing Munster apart with a devastating display of attacking football at Crossmaglen.
Skipper Steven McDonnell led the northern charge with a wonderful display of vision, creativity and finishing, but that was just part of the story.
Munster struggled to reach the pace and fluency which the strong wind should have given them, Declan Browne their only threat up front in the opening 20 minutes.
The holders, with Dick Clerkin an effective ball winner, were dangerous on the breakaway, responding to Browne's early points with scores from Paddy Bradley and skipper Steven McDonnell.
But the strike pair were largely starved of quality possession throughout, thanks chiefly to the dominance of Munster midfield pair Nicholas Murphy and in particular John Galvin, allied to the workrate of centre forward Conor McCarthy.
The sides were locked on 0-3 each at the end of the opening quarter, but finally, the southerners began to benefit from the territorial advantage they had enjoyed from the outset.
They reeled off five points without reply, and allowed themselves the luxury of a missed penalty.
Browne's kick was almost perfect, sending goalkeeper James Reilly the wrong way but coming back off a post.
But Munster maintained the pressure, and quality scores from McCarthy, Browne and Galvin saw them open out a 0-8 to 0-3 lead by the midway stage.
The half did end in acrimony, however, Ulster defender Enda McNulty and opposing attacker Kieran Donaghy, the players involved in the earlier penalty incident, both red-carded following a brief melee.
Brian McEniff's side roared into action on the restart, drawing level by the 12th minute.
McDonnell began to come into his own, slicing open the Munster defence to first send Freeman, then Christy Toye, through for glorious goal chances, but both blazed over the bar.
Kerry wing back Aidan O'Mahony was at the forefront of Munster's stubborn resistance, but wind-assisted Ulster, with Dan Gordon and Marty McGrath now enjoying some success in the central area, continued to press forward with a growing confidence.
And they struck two goals in the space of five minutes. First McDonnell flicked Paul Finlay's driven free kick past Paul Fitzgerald, and in the 55th minute, Paddy Bradley blasted home the second.
It was so easy from there to the finish for the northern province, with a lethal inside forward line finishing with a combined total of 2-10, some superb scores coming from Finlay, Bradley and the superb McDonnell.
Ulster: J Reilly, K McGuckin, K McCloy, E McNulty, A Forde, A O'Rourke, A Mallon, D Gordon (0-1), M McGrath, D Clerkin, C Toye (0-1), P Finlay (0-1), T Freeman (0-3), P Bradley (1-4, 2 frees), S McDonnell (1-3).
Subs: L Doyle for Toye, R Mellon for Clerkin, N Gallagher for McGrath, D Diver for Forde, C Holmes for Gordon.
Munster: P Fitzgerald, N Curran, M McCarthy, N Geary, T Stack, A O'Mahony, K O'Connor, N Murphy, J Galvin, J Masters, C McCarthy, P Kelly, D Browne, K Donaghy, R Donnelly.
Subs: C Fitzgerald (0-1) for Donnelly, D Duggan for Curran, G Hurney for Browne, F Gould for Masters
Referee: P Fox Westmeath.
