Sacred Heart 2 Limerick FC 4:THERE WAS never any real danger of a shock at Tallaght Stadium as Leinster Senior League side Sacred Heart exited the cup.

Trailing 3-0 at the break, Sacred Heart got a goal back after 48 minutes when Anthony Weafer scored with a looping header from Darren Goode’s left wing cross.

A composed finish from midfielder Ian Lowry nine minutes later gave the Tallaght side hope.

But Limerick regained their focus to see out the match, adding a fourth goal through Paudie Quinn five minutes from time.

Ger Wrafter cleared off the Sacred Heart line from two-goal man-of-the-match Sean Brosnan. The ball fell for Quinn who curled a delightful shot home.

Brosnan opened the scoring after 22 minutes with a deflected strike and doubled his tally 18 minutes later with a fine header from Seán O’Connor’s corner.

O’Connor added a third to leave Limerick coasting by half-time.

SACRED HEART: Deegan; Weafer, Wrafter, Lawrence, O’Reilly; Knowles (Quigley, 58 mins), Kirby, Lowry, Goode (Bergin, 68 mins); Caffrey (O‘Neill, 78 mins); Byrne.

LIMERICK FC: D Ryan; White, Purcell, McCarthy, Bhandarkar; Judge, O’Leary (Broughall, 86 mins), Quinn, O’Connor (McGann, 64); Hynes (Breen, 70), Brosnan.

Referee: Phil Caschera (Dublin).