A late penalty from Con O'Callaghan helped Ger Brannan's side pull away from the tribesmen.

Darren McCurry tried to hunt them down with 10 points as a second-half substitute, but Kerry, largely through the dash of Gavin White and the scoring abilities of David Clifford and Dylan Geaney, kept ahead of the hounds.

The Rebels edged out Donegal by 0-17 to 1-13 in their round 2A encounter in Ballybofey.