Limerick 0-13 Leitrim 0-11: Mickey Ned O'Sullivan steered Limerick back to top-flight football next season after a nerve-racking late victory over Leitrim at the Gaelic Grounds.

It was left to captain Muiris Gavin and Seánie Buckley to snatch the match-winning points, after the visitors had clawed back a seven-point deficit to draw level at 0-11 each with three minutes left.

With Roscommon losing out to Donegal, the Shannonsiders snatched the second promotion spot - and a place in the Division Two semi-finals.

Gavin, starting for the first time this season, slotted over two frees, and with the wind, Limerick looked comfortable at 0-9 to 0-3 at the break.

It was, however, a different story on the change of ends, and Ciarán Duignan's accuracy from frees had Leitrim very much back in contention at 0-11 to 0-8 after 50 minutes.

Duignan, Donal Brennan and Mick Foley restored equality, before Limerick somehow found new reserves of energy and Gavin and Buckley provided the vital scores.

LIMERICK: S Kiely; S Gallagher, J McCarthy, P Browne; A Lane, S Lavin (0-1), C Mullane; J Stokes, J Galvin; D Horan (0-1), T Carroll, S Buckley (0-1); M Crowley (0-2), M Gavin (0-5, four frees), M Reidy (0-2). Subs: E Keating (0-1) for Horan, D Reidy for M Reidy, P Ahern for Carroll.

LEITRIM: J Prior; D Reynolds, J McKeon, M McGuinness; B McWeeney (0-1), D McHugh, S Foley; D Lowe (0-2), C Carroll (0-1); D Brennan (0-2), B Prior, M Foley (0-1); C Regan, D Maxwell, C Duignan (0-4, frees). Subs: J McGoldrick for McHugh, D Duignan for Lowe, D McKiernan for Brennan.

Referee: S Doyle (Wexford)