Second half goals from Donal Brennan and Ciaran Duignan ensured Leitrim's passage into the Tommy Murphy Cup final on 27 August thanks to a 2-12 to 0-08 win over Carlow in Birr.
Two late Alan Kelly points saw Carlow, who hit the post early on, reduce the gap to 0-08 to 0-05 by the break. Corner forward Duignan (0-02) led the Leitrim scoring in the opening period.
After Leitrim 'keeper Cathal McCrann had foiled Mark Carpenter, Dessie Dolan snr's side made the goal breakthrough in the 59th-minute when full-forward Brennan rammed home.
Duignan, set up by substitute Declan Maxwell, grabbed the second right on full-time to set up a Leitrim-Louth final.
