According to the "Chronicle of Mann", and the "Chronicle of Melrose", Somairle's fleet made landfall at Renfrew. It is possible that the fleet specifically landed at Inchinnan, where his forces could have first engaged the Scots. The battle was evidently a fiasco for the Islesmen, with their commanding-king killed in a skirmish against local levies. The account given by "Carmen de Morte Sumerledi" certainly suggests that Somairle was killed in the outset—"wounded by spear, slain by the sword"—and overcome by a hastily organised body of local defenders. As such, Somairle could have fallen in the opening encounter, with his leaderless followers giving up the fight. The account given by "Carmen de Morte Sumerledi" further states that Somairle's head was cut off by a priest, and presented to Herbert, Bishop of Glasgow. According to "Gesta Annalia I", Somairle was killed with a son named Gilla Coluim. It is possible that this source has mistaken the latter's name for Gilla Brigte, the name that the "Annals of Tigernach" accords to Somairle's slain son. It is unknown if Dubgall participated in the battle.