Lian O' Flaherty's short story "The Sniper" focuses on the central character, an unnamed Republican Sniper stationed at night, on the roof near the O'Connell Bridge. This young man decides to take a chance and have a cigarette. This results in him being seen by an elderly women on the sidewalk. She then alerts a soldier in an armored car. The sniper proceeds to shoot and kill both of them. This causes return fire from a Free States sniper on a nearby building. When the Republican sniper is wounded in the arm, he uses this to his advantage by pretending that he is seriously wounded. This causes the other sniper to move in for the kill. When he does so, the Republican sniper is able to shoot him. Out of curiosity he turns over the dead sniper only to discover that it is his own brother.
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