Ed Moloney, chronicler of the troubles in northern Ireland, dies at 77

He wrote a history of the Irish Republican Army and directed a project that secretly collected oral histories of paramilitary fighters.

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Ed Moloney, an authoritative chronicler of the Troubles in Northern Ireland through relentless reporting and deep sourcing on both sides of the bloody sectarian strife that engulfed that small region of the United Kingdom for 30 years, died on Oct. 17 in Manhattan. He was 77.

His son, Ciaran, said his death, in a hospital, was caused by complications of an infection. He lived in the Bronx.

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