Centre Daly, who had previously been sent to the sin bin, converted Rory Scholes' 76-minute try at Dubarry Park from a difficult position on the left, having played a key role in assisting the score.

It proved to be Ireland's first win of the competition, having lost out to Wales last time out, but it might have been far different with England fly-half Henry Slade in fine form with the boot, kicking five penalties from five attempts.

And it was England's second defeat in 14 RBS 6 Nations matches and a second in a row to Ireland, having lost out at the Junior World Championship in Cape Town last June.

England battled manfully, having been reduced to 14 men when flanker Ross Moriarty was shown a red card in the 23rd minute for a dangerous tackle on Luke McGrath.

But England's powerful seven-man pack, coupled with Slade's accuracy from the tee, saw England leading 15-6 at half-time.

With both sides losing their discipline at times, Daly and Connacht's Robbie Henshaw saw yellow for Ireland in the second half and English lock Elliott Stooke also spent time in the sin-bin.

Winger Scholes kicked Ireland's third penalty while Daly was off and towards the end of Stooke's sin-binning, Ireland snatched the only try of the game.

Ireland pulled the play to the right before it swung to the opposite side where Daly and Henshaw combined and the Connacht full-back sent Scholes over close to the corner.

Daly notched the conversion to edge his side into the lead and despite concerted pressure from England up front in the final minutes, Ireland held firm and sealed the match when McGrath kicked a penalty dead.