 In the autumn of 1167, Mac Murchada and his English allies arrived in Ireland, where they established themselves at Ferns.Ua Conchobair responded by penetrating Uí Chennselaig in a campaign, recounted by the fourteenth-century "Annals of Tigernach", that included military support from Dublin.With Mac Murchada temporally kept in check, a preoccupied Ua Conchobair allowed him to hold onto at least part of his patrimony.