Nine points from Man of the Match Paul Branniff secured victory for Down at Gaelic Park in an entertaining encounter in New York.

Leading 0-13 to 1-03 at the interveral the visitors never looked back. New York started brightly and Tipperary native Bonny Kennedy rifled home a great goal from a close-in free.

However, once Braniff hit form there was no stopping the Mourne men. Gareth Johnson hit the Down goal at the start of the second half and further points from Simon Wilson, Gerard Adare, Martin Coulter and Brendan McGourty sealed their victory.

Final Score Down 1-19 New York 1-09.

Down will now meet Antrim in the Ulster Final after they over came Derry in the other Ulster Semi Final played at Casement Park yesterday.

Down - G Clarke, L Clarke, S Murray, M Braniff 0-1, S Wilson 0-1, G Clarke, A Savage, G Adare 0-2, G McGrattan 0-1, P Braniff 0-9, B McGourty 0-2, M Coulter 0-2, G Johnson 1-1, J Convery
New York - K Jordan, A Kiely, P Dalton, N Wickhem, S Quirke 0-1, J Madden, T O’Callaghan, A Guinan, S Nolan, B Kennedy 1-2, V Norton 0-1, T Fletcher, D Sims 0-2, T Moylan 0-2, D McCarthy