Down at the other end of the table, the four bottom-placed teams and relegation candidates were Antrim, Down, Laois and Wexford.
Laois, after losing all of their group stage games, eventually lost a play-off to Down and faced relegation for the following season.
Dublin won the Division 2 title after an unbeaten run throughout the group and knock-out stages, thus returning to the top flight having been relegated the previous year.
Runners-up Kerry also remained undefeated until the last day of the league when they were defeated in the final by 'the Dubs'.
Going down were Roscommon who recorded only one victory in the group stage before losing to London and Wicklow in the relegation play-offs.