National League form held good in Aughrim where Wicklow got the better of neighbours Carlow to progress to a Leinster SFC quarter-final clash with Kildare.
Oisin McConville's side, who contested the Division 4 final and finished five points above Carlow in the league table, dominated the second-half for their first Championship win over the Barrowsiders since 2010.
Wicklow didn't move ahead in the game until first-half stoppage time when Malachy Stone netted and the hosts remained in pole position from there on, streaking to an eventual eight-point win.
Eoin Darcy struck Wicklow's second goal in the 69th minute - bringing his tally to 1-02 for the afternoon - booting into an empty net and punishing Carlow goalkeeper Ciaran Cunningham who was caught up the field.
In truth, it wasn't a Wicklow performance that will overly concern the watching Kildare manager Glenn Ryan ahead of their April 23 encounter.
Carlow were particularly poor and fell away badly after a bright opening 20 minutes or so. They will head now to the Tailteann Cup which begins in mid-May.
Fatigue was the obvious concern for Wicklow just eight days after coming up short of Sligo at Croke Park in the Allianz League Division 4 final.
Boss McConville made a series of alterations to his starting lineup, drafting in Paul McLoughlin, Karl Furlong, Aaron Murphy and Zach Cullen with Jacques McCall, Tom Maher, Darragh Fitzgerald and Andy Maher making way.
Aside from potential heavy legs, Wicklow were also playing into the stiff crosswind initially while Carlow set up with Ciaran Moran, who wore number 11, as their sweeper in front of the full-back line.
Wicklow found the going difficult to begin with and slipped three points behind approaching the quarter-hour mark as Carlow opened up a 0-04 to 0-01 lead.
Captain Darragh Foley, on the occasion of his 150th appearance for Carlow, curled over a beauty from long range while Ross Dunphy, Colm Hulton and Jordan Morrissey split the posts for the visitors too, Morrissey's 13th minute score a real eye catcher.
It amounted to an impressive start from Carlow who struggled in Division 4 of the league and finished sixth in the table with just two wins in the campaign.
Crucially, they began that competition with a draw against Wicklow while they also defeated the Garden County by four points when the neighbours last met in the Leinster championship in 2016.
Wicklow finally upped the ante in the 10 minutes or so approaching half-time, outscoring Carlow by five points to claim a 1-05 to 0-06 lead at the interval.
It was a significant turnaround and Wicklow brought it about despite losing Cillian McDonald to a black card for a cynical trip.
Kevin Quinn and Mark Kenny kicked the points during the mini blitz late in the half while defender Stone struck the goal in first-half stoppage time when he capitalised on a defence splitting pass over the top before finishing low to the far corner from the left of the danger area.
There were only three scores registered in the entire third quarter and while the game lacked any sort of decisive spark, Wicklow weren't complaining as they stretched their lead with all three of those scores.
Quinn, Kenny and Eoin Darcy, from a free, were the players with the points for Wicklow.
Carlow, now playing into the wind, were penned back into their own half for long spells and when they did carve a couple of chances, they were out of luck with Josh Moore and Conor Doyle both hitting shots back off the woodwork.
Leading by 1-08 to 0-06 with 15 minutes to go, it was Wicklow's game to lose but there was no danger of that and they tagged on further points through Darcy and Murphy before the duo combined for the team's second goal at the death.
Wicklow: Mark Jackson (0-02, 0-02f); Malachy Stone (1-00), Paul McLoughlin, Eoin Murtagh; Karl Furlong, Patrick O'Keane, Zach Cullen; Dean Healy, Padraig O'Toole (0-01); Cillian McDonald, JP Hurley, Arran Murphy; Mark Kenny (0-02), Kevin Quinn (0-04, 0-01f), Eoin Darcy (1-02, 0-01f).
Subs: Craig Maguire for Hurley 40-45 blood, Gearoid Murphy (0-01) for Aaron Murphy 45, Tom Moran for Furlong 59, Fintan O'Shea for Cullen 63, Cian O'Sullivan for Quinn 68, Jacques McCall for McDonald 69.
Carlow: Ciaran Cunningham; Shane Buggy, Mikey Bambrick, Liam Roberts; Seanie Bambrick, Mark Furey, Shane Clarke; Jordan Morrissey (0-01), Conor Doyle; Josh Moore, Ciaran Moran, Jamie Clarke (0-01); Ross Dunphy (0-01), Darragh Foley (0-04, 0-03f), Colm Hulton (0-03).
Subs: Niall Hickey for Furey h/t, Jonah Dunne for Roberts 53, Eric Molloy for Dunphy 56, Dara Curran for S Bambrick 71.
Referee: Barry Tiernan (Dublin).
