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Kerry, playing with a very strong breeze into the Dunnes Stores end of the ground, made the brighter start and found themselves four points to the good after 13 minutes. Mixing long and short ball into O’Shea in the full forward line, the hosts got off the mark 35 seconds in when midfielder Anna Galvin pointed from distance. Caoimhe Evans found O’Shea with a long ball and she punched over in the sixth minute before adding her second two minutes later following a sweeping move. Aishling O’Connell then popped over through the middle to put Kerry four ahead. Mayo finally started to get their hands on the ball around the middle of the field, with Erin Murray showing well, and their reward came in the 13th minute when a shot for a point from Hannah Reape fell short and was fielded inside by Clodagh Keane. Keane’s initial effort was blocked by Emma Costello but the Knockmore player gathered the rebound and finished expertly past Mary Ellen Bolger. Kerry hit back with O’Shea’s second point of the game, before Hannah Reape responded for the visitors. Carmody slotted over for Kerry, before Julia Gawalkiewicz made a smart save at the feet of the energetic O’Shea. Sinead Walsh then hit two brilliant individual points for Mayo before O’Shea struck for her third score of the half — and Kerry’s third from outside the big arc — to see the hosts take a tentative 0-7 to 1-3 lead in at half time. O’Leary was introduced at half time and pointed a couple of minutes after a fine effort from Niamh Carmody, Kerry taking advantage of the yellow-carded Hannah Reape, who saw the sin bin following a charge into Carmody. Advertisement Walsh hit her third of the game from a free, but O’Leary responded for Kerry in the 40th minute with her second of the contest after good work from Ní Chonchúir and Anna Galvin to see Kerry lead by 0-10 to 1-4. The Kingdom scored three without reply during Reape’s absence. O’Leary struck for her third and O’Shea added her fourth as a misfiring Mayo failed to add to to their second half single score. O’Leary then hit her fourth as Kerry finished comprehensive six-point winners. Kerry travel to play Munster rivals Cork next Saturday, while Mayo have a week off before entertaining the Rebels on 21 June. Scorers for Kerry: S O’Shea 0-4, D O’Leary 0-4, N Carmody 0-2, A Galvin 0-1, A O’Connell 0-1, K Brosnan 0-1f. Scorers for Mayo: S Walsh 0-3 (1f), C Keane 1-0, H Reape 0-1. KERRY: M.E. Bolger; R Rahilly ,E Lynch, F O’Donoghue; A O’Connell, E Costello, C Lynch; M O’Connell, A Galvin ; N Carmody, N Ní Chonchúir, C Evans; K Brosnan, J Lucey, S O’Shea. Subs: N Broderick for R Rahilly 28, D O’Leary for K Brosnan, A Dillane for C Lynch (both h/t), N Quinn for J Lucey 52, K O’Connor for N Carmody 58 MAYO: J Gawalkiewicz; L Wallace, N O’Malley, C Durkan; D Caldwell, K Sullivan, S El Massry; H Reape, S Lally; L Hanley, S Walsh, A Flanagan; E Murray, C Keane, C Doherty. Subs: A Geraghty for S E Massry h/t, C Whyte for A Flanagan, A McDonnell for C Doherty (both 42), E Brennan for L Wallace 48, A Gough for H Reape 52. Referee: Jonathan Murphy (Carlow). Check out the latest episode of The42′s GAA Weekly podcast here Written by Dan Kearney and originally published on The 42 whose award-winning team produces original content that you won’t find anywhere else: on GAA, League of Ireland, women’s sport and boxing, as well as our game-changing rugby coverage, all with an Irish eye. Subscribe here. 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