Colin Malone's Armagh secured the points with a 3-2 win

Former Larne forward Derek Delaney put City ahead after just two minutes but Lewis Hamlin scored a 27th-minute equaliser from a Simon Humphreys cross.

David Ward edged Armagh ahead three minutes after half-time and then Anto Reilly made it 3-1 on 62.

Hamlin scored his second to set up a tense final 11 minutes but Colin Malone's men held on for the victory.

So a great boost for last year's First Division champions who had lost their opening IPL game 2-1 at Institute.

They got the early break when Davy Hawthorne made ground down the left and squared for Delaney to score.

Larne levelled after a short corner, Humphreys' cross leading to Hamlin's telling strike.

Ward pounced from close-range to restore Armagh's one-goal advantage and then Hawthorne ran into the box to set up Reilly for the third.

Hamlin cracked in a left-foot shot on 79 minutes but the Inver men could not find an equaliser and have lost their first two of the IPL campaign.