our vassal and liegeman, in recovering his territories, let him be assured of our favor and license on that behalf."
             What fallowed was the first stepping-stone in Henry II occupation of Ireland. MacMurrough was searching for two things after his expulsion from Ireland, the recovery of his power and prestige. This is most evident in his bolstering when he received a letter from Bernard of Claurveaux , and his willingness to give Linster to Henry in return for a smaller fiefdom of his own, if Henry II would lend him the necessary troops to return and conquer the city. The stipulation Henry gave to MacMurrough was, that the power of the bull was now in full effect and Ireland owed allegiance to the King of England. The troops that Henry II provided MacMurrough were not quite sufficient enough so MacMurrough solicited the help of a Welshmen by the name of Strongbow, in return for his daughter's hand in marriage as well as succession to the throne.
             Armed with English and Welsh troops MacMurrough returned to Ireland where he was victorious not only in claming his old territory Lenster its capital Dublin, and Wexford, as well as all port cities on the islands coast, but Limerick, an inland city state ruled by MacMurrough's son-in-law.
             Dermot MacMurrough then did something surprising, he signed a truce with the archbishop of Dublin in order to secure that territory. This was surprising because of MacMurrough known hatred for the city of Dublin and its people. However, he had able to make concessions to them in order to ensur
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