Short Magazine Lee-Enfield (SMLE)/Lee-Enfield Mk.I
British and Irish forces throughout the film use SMLE Mk.III rifles, and IRA soldiers can be seen carrying Lee-Enfield Mk.I rifles during the Easter Rising scene and the Civil War fighting in Dublin.
Used with and without the optional shoulder stock by Liam Neeson as Michael Collins in the Easter Rising scenes in the beginning, as well as an unidentified IRA assassin who shoots a police inspector in his car.
Used by Liam Neeson as Michael Collins to threaten Ned Broy (Stephen Rea) outside a bar, and later by Brendan Gleeson as Liam Tobin during the jailbreak scene.
British officers, RIC Detectives and many IRA members carry Webley Mk.VIs throughout the film. Julia Roberts as Kitty Kiernan pulls a Mk.IV on a potential assassin during the political rally scene.
Carried by Black And Tans, most noticeably when it is fired at Dublin tenements. Also mounted on an Irish Army troop truck, where it is used by Ian Hart as Joe O'Reilly
A Colt 1911 is used by Brendan Gleeson as Liam Tobin in the Bloody Sunday scene, and Aidan Quinn as Harry Boland takes one from an overzealous bodyguard during his confrontation with Collins.
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Carried by an unknown IRA assassin who shoots a British secret service agent in his hotel room.
IRA members are seen using M1921 Thompson submachine guns following Bloody Sunday and during the civil war fighting in Dublin. This is historically accurate, as the IRA bought some of the first Thompson guns off the production line.
