Longford Town progressed to the second round of the Sports Direct FAI Cup at the expense of a brave Castlebar Celtic outfit, emerging 6-3 winners at Celtic Park.
A big crowd at the Mayo venue witnessed six first-half goals.
Town's Daragh Murtagh bagged a hat-trick, while Mark Cunningham, Eoghan Hughes and former Sligo Rovers striker Jordan Loftus were on target for the home side to go in 3-3 at the break.
The Connacht side defended stoutly in the second period but Longford eventually broke them down in the final 15 minutes, scoring three times.
Dean George slid the ball under Stefan Hester on 75 minutes, while Francis Campbell hit a fifth in the final minute of normal time.
George completed a double in the dying seconds to seal it for the First Division team.
St Patrick's Athletic cruised into the next round with an 8-0 victory over Munster Senior League outfit UCC at Richmond Park.
The Saints went ahead through a Colm Murphy own goal early on and then went on to score six times between the 40th and 51st minute.
Brandon Kavanagh, Aidan Keena, Al-Amin Kazeem, Chris Forrester (2), Jake Mulraney and Conor Carty were on target in what was a tough day for the Cork outfit.
It ensured every Premier Division side reached the last-16 of the Cup, joined by five First Division outfits and the remaining non-league team Salthill Devon for Tuesday's draw.
