 Although "Expugnatio Hibernica" reveals that Ascall's life had originally been reserved for ransom, both this source, and "La Geste des Engleis en Yrlande", report that he was soon beheaded on account of his recalcitrance.The successive deaths of Mac Murchada and Ascall appear to have left a power vacuum in Dublin that others strived to fill.Immediately after Ascall's fall, Ua Conchobair had the English-controlled town besieged.