The rest of the backline remains unchanged with Jonathan Sexton at out-half and Robbie Henshaw and Garry Ringrose continuing their centre partnership. Keith Earls and Simon Zebo complete the back three.
Up front Iain Henderson will start alongside Donnacha Ryan in the second row. Rory Best will win his 104th cap with Jack McGrath and Tadhg Furlong again named alongside him.
The back-row remains unchanged with CJ Stander and Sean O'Brien either side of Jamie Heaslip.
Luke McGrath comes onto the bench to cover Marmion while Andrew Conway is also included in the twenty-three.
Niall Scannell, Cian Healy, John Ryan, Devin Toner Peter O'Mahony and Paddy Jackson complete the replacements.
IRELAND Team & Replacements (v England, 2017 RBS 6 Nations Championship, Aviva Stadium, Saturday, March 18, kick-off 5pm):
Player/Club/Province/Caps -
15. Jared Payne (Ulster) 19
14. Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster) 58
13. Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster) 7
12. Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Leinster) 28
11. Simon Zebo (Cork Constitution/Munster) 32
10. Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary's College/Leinster) 65
9. Kieran Marmion (Corinthians/Connacht) 11
1. Jack McGrath (St. Mary's College/Leinster) 40
2. Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster) (capt) 103
3. Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster) 15
4. Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster) 46
5. Iain Henderson (Ballynahinch/Ulster) 31
6. CJ Stander (Shannon/Munster) 14
7. Sean O'Brien (UCD/Leinster) 48
8. Jamie Heaslip (Dublin University/Leinster) (vice-capt) 95
Replacements:
16. Niall Scannell (Dolphin/Munster) 3
17. Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster) 66
18. John Ryan (Cork Constitution/Munster) 5
19. Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster) 46
20. Peter O'Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster) 39
21. Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster) 1
22. Paddy Jackson (Dungannon/Ulster) 23
23. Andrew Conway (Garryowen/Munster) *
* Denotes uncapped player
