Donegal brushed aside Cavan with an emphatic 3-26 to 1-13 win at Kingspan Breffni this afternoon to get their All-Ireland SFC campaign firmly back on track.
Laois, relegated from the senior grade last year, got their TG4 All-Ireland intermediate campaign off to a winning start when they defeated Roscommon by 3-11 to 2-7 in Portlaoise.
Cavan and New York will battle it out for the Lory Meagher Cup at Croke Park next weekend after the latter cruised past Monaghan in Mullingar this afternoon.
Cavan came up big in the second-half to stun Mayo in Castlebar this afternoon and make a dream start to their All-Ireland senior football championship series campaign.
Tyrone will play Cavan in next weekend's Ulster minor football championship final after both teams came through their respective semi-finals this evening.
Cavan are through to the Lory Meagher Cup final after recording a 3-29 to 3-17 victory over neighbours Longford at Glennon Bros Pearse Park this afternoon.