Plot
An IRA sniper, stationed on a Dublin rooftop near O`Connell bridge, sees an armored car of Irish Free State soldiers stopped on the other side of the road. An old woman wearing a tattered shawl over her head comes and stops near the armored car. She points out the position of the IRA Sniper to the soldiers in the armored car. He shoots the woman and one of the soldiers in the armored car, only to be attacked by a Free State sniper. With his arm shot and unable to hold his rifle, the protagonist tricks the other sniper into shooting his cap. He then lets his rifle drop to the street below, thus making the other sniper believe he has killed the protagonist. The Free State sniper begins to leave, and the IRA sniper shoots him dead with a revolver.
Curious to know the identity of his enemy, thinking perhaps that they may have served together in the army, the sniper takes a risk and crosses over to the dead man's body. He turns it over, only to discover it is that of his brother.
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