Twitter was buzzing after England failed to overcome the 26 point gap needed to take the title from Ireland in Saturday's incredible Six Nations shoot-out.
Joe Schmidt's side beat Scotland 10-40, doing just enough to edge past the target set by Wales in the first tie and enough to put the title beyond England's reach at Twickenham.
Brian O'Driscoll, Gordon D'Arcy and George Hook tweeted their congratulations, as did the likes of Hozier, One Direction's Niall Horan and Kodaline.
Incredibly proud that Ireland came away with the @rbs_6_nations cup again today! Absolutely thrilled, congrats @IrishRugby! #6nations2015
— Hozier (@Hozier) March 21, 2015Just goes to show what you can achieve when you play positive rugby and show ambition to score points
#JustPlay
#6Nations2015
— Peter Stringer (@stringer9) March 21, 2015i have no nails left! #6nations2015
— Kodaline (@Kodaline) March 21, 2015Yes ireland ! Great news to wake up to in Manila ! Absolutely delighted ! 2 years on the bounce , congrats to all the lads
— Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) March 22, 2015This has been the most incredible day of international rugby. Great advertisement for northern hemisphere rugby. All my nails are gone.
— Alan Quinlan (@AlanQuinlan1) March 21, 2015GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET IN!!!!!!!!!!
— Brian O'Driscoll (@BrianODriscoll) March 21, 2015That was some incredible day of rugby. Big respect to England for scoring 7 tries against the French but well done our boys.
— Brian O'Driscoll (@BrianODriscoll) March 21, 2015It's like being at a Barry Manilow concert!!! #scotlandvireland pic.twitter.com/C4bJ1nrLaY
— Liam Toland (@LiamToland7) March 21, 2015#proplife pic.twitter.com/GmyZCs7HSK
— Mike Ross (@MikeRoss03) March 21, 2015Are deep fried Mars bars worth the self loathing?
— Mike Ross (@MikeRoss03) March 21, 2015That'll do joe.. That'll do @IrishRugby
— Gordon D'Arcy (@Gordonwdarcy) March 21, 2015Delighted to do it with @jordimurphy1 and the rest of the lads....thanks for all the support… https://t.co/X4kk9pQvKr
— jamie heaslip (@jamieheaslip) March 22, 2015Thank you everyone for your support today and throughout the 6 Nations! Means a lot!! So gutted
— Mike Brown (@mikebrown_15) March 22, 2015Congratulations Ireland and congratulations @FlynnGavin both winners - Gavin is heading to my home from home @RiverleeHotel for 2 nights R&R
— George Hook (@ghook) March 21, 2015Rugby. Jesus.
— Ross O'Carroll-Kelly (@RossOCK) March 21, 2015The top hashtag trending on Twitter this morning was #ENGvFRA with about 49,000 tweets, followed by #6nations2015, #IREvSCO and predictably, #AllezLesBleus and #COYBIG.
