table of contents foreword fionn : the stalking silence note from the author chapter 1 : defence of rth bldhma chapter 2 chapter 3 other books by brian osullivan foreword : the following short story and its characters are based on ancient narratives from the fenian cycle and in particular the macgnmartha finn ( the boyhood deeds of fionn ) - a twelfth century narrative that attempted to collate a number of much earlier oral tales about fionn mac cumhal and the fianna .