Galway maintained their 100% record in the Allianz League Division 2 this season with a fourth win in a row when they ousted Offaly by four points at Pearse Stadium.
Galway led by 1-08 to 1-06 at half-time, with Offaly finishing the half strongly to reduce the margin.
But Galway got on top after the restart and pulled away to keep their promotion drive firmly on track and leave Offaly looking for their first win of the campaign.
Galway raced into a 1-2 to 0-0 lead after eight minutes when Damien Comer found the net after being set up by Matthew Tierney, who had earlier kicked two good points.
Offaly, with only Rory Egan from their victorious All-Ireland U-20 team starting, refused to panic and after Dylan Hyland got them off the mark with a point, Bernard Allen shot to the net to cut the gap to 1-02 to 1-01 after eleven minutes.
Galway captain Sean Kelly, a late replacement, and the impressive Paul Conroy hit back with points before Hyland got his second of the match.
Veterans Niall McNamee and Conroy exchanged points before Comer fired over two in a minute to lead by 1-07 to 1-04 after 33 minutes.
Tierney tacked on his third point for the Tribesmen but Offaly finished the half well and cut the gap to two with efforts from Allen and another McNamee free.
Allen cut the gap to one two minutes after the restart but Galway upped the tempo after that and struck six points without reply for the remainder of the third quarter.
Rob Finnerty, who had been instrumental in setting up several scores in the opening half, kicked three of them with Comer, John Daly and sub Finnian Ó Laoí also finding the target.
Offaly were given a lifeline when Ruairi McNamee finished to the net after a point effort from older cousin Niall McNamee came back off the left post to leave it 1-14 to 2-07 after 52 minutes, but Galway hit back immediately with Sean Kelly shooting to the net after a pass from sub Ó Laoí.
The Galway captain limped off shortly after that after another top class display, with Offaly never looking like staging a late comeback, although sub Anton Sullivan brought his tally to 1-3 when he converted a penalty six minutes into stoppage time after Jack Bryant was fouled by Liam Silke, but they are still looking for their first win of the campaign.
Galway: Connor Gleeson; Seán Kelly (1-01), Liam Silke, Jack Glynn; Conor Campbell, John Daly (0-01), Johnny Heaney; Dylan McHugh, Paul Conroy (0-02); Matthew Tierney (0-03), Shane Walsh, Cathal Sweeney; Rob Finnerty (0-04, 0-01f), Damien Comer (1-03), Dessie Conneely.
Subs: F Ó Laoí (0-01) for Sweeney (28), P Kelly (0-01) for Campbell (28), J McGrath for Heaney (47), E Finnerty for Walsh (60), T Culhane (0-01) for S Kelly (61).
Offaly: Ian Duffy; Declan Hogan, James Lalor, Niall Darby; Rory Egan, David Dempsey, Colm Doyle; Bill Carroll, Jordan Hayes; Mark Abbott (0-01), Cathal Mangan, Dylan Hyland (0-02); Bernard Allen (1-02), Niall McNamee (0-02, 0-02f), Ruairi McNamee (1-00).
Subs: L Pearson for Doyle (45), C Donoghue for Carroll, J Bryant for Allen (52), A Sullivan (1-03, 1-00pen) for R McNamee (52), K O'Neill for N McNamee (66).
Referee: David Murnane (Cork).
