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One night in 1921 an IRA action went wrong. A young boy, Willie Doolin, was violently murdered before his twin brother's eyes. The story of that night unfolds like a mystery, revealing the sins of the past and the legacy left for the surviving twin, Seanie Doolin - a man-child tortured and insane with grief - and the upstanding citizens involved: a butcher, a schoolteacher, a doctor, a shopkeeper, and a priest.
With the passage of time, the buried past resurfaces. Seanie Doolin roams the shadowy streets serving as a constant reminder of that fateful night. Doctor McKenna slides into an alcoholic stupor; merchant Peetie Mahon, an ominous force, continues to torment the crazed Seanie. John Cashin hides his guilt behind a wall of sanctity; and Father Quinn remains oblivious to the town's unraveling and greedily hordes his parishioners' tithes to build a monument to the church and to himself.
