Mayo and Monaghan emerged victorious from Saturday's second round qualifier double-header in Longford to advance to the quarter-finals of the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies senior football championship.
In the opening game, Monaghan had nine players on the score-sheet during the course of a devastating attacking performance as the Farney County demolished Down by 0-22 to 0-9.
Monaghan had defeated the same opposition by seven points in the Ulster semi-final and last year's beaten All-Ireland finalists cantered to victory in the second half, having led by 0-9 to 0-4 at half-time.
Team manager John McAleer lamented a lack of goals from his side but he will have been pleased by the clinical nature of Monaghan's point-taking at Pearse Park.
Division 2 National League champions Down had defeated Monaghan in the first round of qualifiers but they found the step up in class too big to cope with.
Defeated Ulster finalists Monaghan led by 0-6 to 0-4 in the first half before a run of three unanswered scores opened up a five-point half-time cushion.
The winners lost the services of midfielder in the first half but still managed to come through with 13 points to spare against the Mourne County.
Edel Byrne was in magnificent form with seven points from play for Monaghan but the player of the match award went to diminutive corner forward Ciara McAnespie.
Meanwhile, multiple Allstar Cora Staunton scored 0-12 and Emma Mullin added 1-6 as Mayo eventually saw off the challenge of dogged Laois in the second game of the evening.
Mayo, beaten All-Ireland semi-finalists last year, came with a strong late surge as they ran out 2-19 to 1-15 winners.
Mayo were shocked by Galway in the Connacht final but they showed no hangover from that defeat as Mullin and Staunton led the Laois defence a merry dance.
Mullin scored 1-6 from play to claim the player of the match award while Staunton created Mayo's two goals and banged over seven of her twelve points from play.
Staunton and Laois Allstar Tracey Lawlor scored six points each in the first half as Mayo led by 1-10 to 1-8 at the break.
Triona McNicholas palmed a third-minute goal from Staunton's pass as Mayo survived appeals for a square ball but Laois hit back with a superb Aileen O'Loughlin goal five minutes later.
Laois, who had beaten Tipperary in the first round of qualifiers, went on to lead by 1-5 to 1-1 before a run of six unanswered points handed Mayo the initiative.
Laois stuck close to their opponents for the opening stages of the second half but in the final quarter, a classier Mayo outfit pulled away and Staunton supplied Mullin for the insurance goal with five minutes remaining.
