Traille takes over the number twelve jersey from Maxime Mermoz, who injured his shoulder in the 34-21 win against Scotland last week. Clément Poitrenaud comes off the bench to start at full-back at Aviva Stadium. Recalled Toulouse back Yannick Jauzion takes up the vacant spot amongst the replacements.
There is one other change to the bench where veteran prop Sylvain Marconnet replaces Luc Ducalcon.
As much as possible, Lièvremont wanted to retain the side that saw off Scotland 34-21 on Saturday.
'We go with stability,' he said.
Centre Yannick Jauzion has been added to the squad on the bench, although he did miss training today with a shoulder complaint of his own.
'I think Damien (Traille) is better physically and mentally than he was in November,' Lievremont said.
'I liked his performance at the back. He can play in many positions.'
It will be Traille's third different position in as many games, having played at number 10 in the heavy 59-16 defeat to Australia in November and number 15 last weekend.
France team to face Ireland in the RBS 6 Nations at Aviva Stadium on 13 February (3pm):
15 Clément Poitrenaud, 14 Yoann Huget, 13 Aurélien Rougerie, 12 Damien Traille, 11 Maxime Médard, 10 François Trinh-Duc, 9 Morgan Parra, 8 Imanol Harinordoquy, 7 Julien Bonnaire, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c), 5 Lionel Nallet, 4 Julien Pierre, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 William Servat, 1 Thomas Domingo
Replacements: 16 Guilhem Guirado, 17 Sylvain Marconnet, 18 Jerome Thion, 19 Sébastien Chabal, 20 Dimitri Yachvili, 21 Yannick Jauzion, 22 Vincent Clerc
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