Gloating Eddie Jones put the boot in as Andy Farrell took responsibility for England wanting the victory more at Twickenham.
Jones' England won 24-12 to blow the championship wide open - a nightmare first-half from the visitors left them trailing 17-0 and ended their Triple Crown and Grand Slam hopes.
"We played with a lot of control, we read the conditions well, read the referee well - and at half-time it was a cricket game, we could have declared," declared Jones.
Asked what was the most disappointing aspect of Ireland's performance, Farrell replied: “For me, the first half in general.
"We were coming here to try and win a Triple Crown and they were trying to fight to stay in the championship," said the 45-year-old.
"And one side, for one reason or another - we can try and assess all the bits, all the technicalities and ramifications of accumulative errors, refereeing decisions or whatever - but the reality is that they came out the box hard, got on the front foot and we took a few sucker punches from them.
“And it’s up to myself for that. Were they up for it more? And us going for a Triple Crown?
"That’s my responsibility to make sure that shouldn’t happen. So I’ve got to look at myself first and foremost.
"I asked the players at half time about having some proper belief. You get to be at your best when you're rolling forward and you're winning collisions etc, and we came off second best really for large periods of that first half."
Skipper Johnny Sexton, who had an off-day, commented: "Faz will always say that. "Look, as players, I think we were in the right frame of mind. At 7-0 down, I didn't deal with the chip through.
"We missed a shot at goal. Another chip through and we're 14-0 down. A couple of chances, a couple of decision against us and then we're chasing.
"I was proud of the lads in the second half, proud of the way we stuck in and fought back and we could have got another score or two maybe. Obviously, we were trying to chase to get that bonus point or deny them.
"We should have been better and it's going to be a tough few days, but then we need to bounce back. "We've got a couple of tough sessions towards the end of the week and then we're into another Test match against Italy."
Farrell is expected to make changes for the penultimate game against Italy at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday week, before the final clash against France in Paris - the French are the only side that can still win the Grand Slam.
Conor Murray is now under massive pressure from John Cooney while Caelan Doris and Ronan Kelleher also staked a claim as Ireland's replacements made an impact in the final quarter.
