Gareth Delany and Saqib Bahadhur were to the fore as Leinster won the Championship with a 61-run win over bottom side Cork Harlequins at Rathmines.

Irish all-rounder Delany showed remarkable patience in compiling what would prove to be a match winning half century as the home side battled to 176 for 9. Adam Hickey took 4 for 25 for the Munster side.

Delany then spun his web of intrigue to bamboozle Harlequins to 115 all out, claiming 5 for 24, while Bahadhur took 4 for 29.

Hickey again was the best for Quins, making a late unbeaten 31 which only held up the title winning celebrations for a short while.

Terenure ensured Championship survival and in the process spiked North Kildare's ambitions of promotion after a 71-run win at The Maws.

Once again it was the all-round exploits of Raghav Grover which proved pivotal to their 'great escape'.

They had one foot on the gallows trapdoor when they slumped to 54 for 7, but Grover top scored with 62 (7 fours, 1 six), adding 65 for the 8th wicket with Sadiq Safi (49), with the latter nurturing the tail to post 169.

Grover then took four wickets, with three for Mark Thomas and two for Liam Harris as the home side were bundled out for just 98.

Kildare's capitulation opened the door for Railway Union and they barged through with a nine-wicket demolition of Rush at Kenure.

The home side were sans Llew Johnson, and lost Nathan McGuire to the first ball of the game. Jack McGee scored 51, adding 65 with his brother Finn, but from 103 for 3, they were skittled for just 141, with Hamza Maan the destroyer-in-chief.

He took six wickets for just 20, while there were three scalps for Fakhar Zaman.

Kenny Carroll (7) went cheaply in the chase, but an unbroken second wicket stand of 126 between Ashil Prakash and teenager Philippe Le Roux (43*) ensured the win.

Prakash made an unbeaten 79 (8 fours, 3 sixes) to ensure that the champagne corks were popping at their return to the top table of Leinster cricket.

Terenure's win meant Cork County needed a positive result at North County, but they weren't in contention as they slumped to an emphatic 179-run loss.

Jamie Grassi powered his way to a 39-ball 63 (6 fours, 5 sixes) in an opening stand of 81 in the first ten overs, and from then on it was one-way traffic.

Niall McGovern (78) and Jonathan Andrews (64) also scored half centuries, and with runs too for Luke Whelan (30) and skipper Eddie Richardson (29) a total of 292 was always going to be too many.

Eshan O'Sullivan's 25 was the best for Cork in the chase as they were bowled out for 113 - two wickets for Abdul Ghaffar and Andrews.