Dylan Slevin claimed the honours in the all-Irish first-round clash at the PDC World Darts Championship.
The Borrisokane thrower Dylan Slevin beat Limerick's Willie O'Connor by 3 sets to 1 at Ally Pally.
He'll now take on 11th seed Dimitri van den Burgh in the second round.
Earlier, Tyrone's Mickey Mansell was a 3 sets to 1 winner of Tomoya Goto of Japan.
Luke Littler sets off on his campaign tonight.
The 2024 finalist has a second-round meeting with Ryan Meikle in the evening session at Ally Pally.
Five-time champion Raymond van Barneveld also opens his account this evening, taking on Nick Kenny.
Also tonight, 13th seed Danny Noppert faces Ryan Joyce
In the afternoon match-ups, Fermanagh's Brendan Dolan is up against Lok Yin Lee of Hong Kong.
And 15th seed Chris Dobey meets Alexander Merkx.
