Ireland resurrected their RBS 6 Nations title hopes with a crushing record victory over clueless England.

It was the first time an English team has played at Croke Park, the home of Gaelic sport, and they will not want to return in a hurry after suffering their biggest defeat to Ireland.

Girvan Dempsey, David Wallace, Shane Horgan and Isaac Boss crossed for the home side while Ronan O'Gara did the rest, finishing with a 21-point haul in an immaculate display of kicking.

England breached the whitewash through debutant David Strettle while Jonny Wilkinson kicked eight points but it was virtually all one-way traffic in a memorable night for Irish sport.

Paul O'Connell took the man-of-the-match award, and he felt Eddie O'Sullivan's men had more than made up for letting victory slip through their fingers against France on their first appearance at Croke Park.

This time Ireland made no mistake, dominating for all but a brief spell early in the second half and scoring four tries to an outclassed England's one.

"We talked about it last week and we wanted to do the occasion justice," O'Connell said. "Two weeks ago we didn't but today we did.

"It was a very good performance. There were a few mistakes but overall it was great.

"We played clever rugby and got points on the board, be it penalties or tries."

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