Louth are through to the Lory Meagher Cup final after making it four wins from four against Leitrim, while Sligo kept their Croke Park dreams alive by accounting for Lancashire.

Mark Wallace's last-gasp point earned Dee McCarthy's Wee County team a dramatic 0-16 to 1-12 victory in Ballinamore. The winners had led by 0-9 to 0-6 at half-time.

In Birmingham's Pairc na hEireann, Sligo pulled away in the second half for a 1-26 to 0-15 win over Lancashire after only leading by two, 0-13 to 0-11, at the break.

If Sligo avoid defeat to Leitrim in next weekend's final round of matches, they will join Louth in the decider.

Louth - D Connolly; P Challoner, B Minogue, M Wallace (0-1); M Lyons, R Byrne, A McCrave (0-1); D O'Hanrahan, R Maher (0-1); A Mackin, N Stanley, D Kettle; G O'Brien, L Dwan (0-8, 4f), P Lynch (0-1). Subs: D Murphy (0-4, 1f, 1'65) for N Stanley, S Connelly for G O'Brien.

Leitrim - D Molloy; V McDermott, T Glancy, F Earley; J Glancy, C Cunniffe (0-4, 3f), N McLoughlin; K McDermott, C Moreton; J Ryan (0-1), L Moreton, D McGovern (0-1); P McWeeney, P O'Donnell (0-2f), G O'Hagan (1-2). Subs: Z Moradi (0-1) for P McWeeney, D Tiernan (0-1) for L Moreton, S Kiernan for K McDermott.

Referee - J Connors.

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Sligo - N McGrath; R Redmond, T Brennan, G Feely; E Comerford, C Brenan, L Reidy (0-1); R Cox (0-2), K Raymond (0-9, 4f); G O'Kelly Lynch, C Behan (0-1), B O'Loughlin (0-3); M Davey (0-1), K Gilmartin (0-2), S Kenny (0-7). Subs: J Kenny for T Brennan, M Gilmartin (1-0) for G O'Kelly Lynch, D Collery for M Davey, P Leonard for C Behan.

Lancashire - S Hennessy; F O'Callaghan, L Knocker, D Walsh; A O'Haire, R O'Driscoll, S Richardson; N Unwin (0-2), S Wallace; C McArdle, D Coughlan (0-3), P Duggan (0-7, 6f); N Burns, T Goulding (0-2), S Tierney (0-1). Subs: J Sheehan for D Coughlan, M McCarthy for S Wallace, M Gallagher for F O'Callaghan.

Referee - K Brady.

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