 Immediately following his fall, Dublin was besieged by a combined force of Irishmen and Islesmen.The town, however, remained firmly in the hands of the English; and before the end of the year, Dublin passed into the direct control of Henry II, King of England, who converted it into an English royal town.Ascall's father was Ragnall mac Torcaill, a man who may well have ruled as King of Dublin.