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On a rooftop near O'Connell Bridge, a Republican sniper lay watching. Beside him lay his rifle and over his shoulders was slung a pair of field glasses. His face was the face of a student, thin and ascetic, but his eyes had the cold gleam of the fanatic.
A Republican sniper in Dublin during the Irish Civil War faces a deadly duel with his enemy across the street. He kills his brother, an informant, and his opponent, but survives with a wounded arm and a sense of guilt.
A Republican sniper in the Irish Civil War faces a deadly challenge from an enemy sniper on the opposite roof. Read the summary and analysis of this classic story of war, pain, and survival.
A Republican sniper in the Irish Civil War faces his enemy across a street and kills him, but later discovers that he has killed his own brother. The story explores the personal and national costs of civil war and the effects of violence on the human psyche.
The Sniper is a short story written by the Irish writer Liam O'Flaherty. Set during the early weeks of the Irish Civil War, during the Battle of Dublin, it is O'Flaherty's first published work of fiction.
A short story about a Republic sniper who kills his brother, a Free State sniper, during the Irish Civil War. Read the plot, themes, quotes, characters, and symbols of this classic tale of irony and tragedy.
A man shoots a sniper who is threatening the Four Courts in Dublin during the 1923 Civil War. Read the full text and analysis of this classic Irish story at Owl Eyes.
