Blaney 's a small village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It lies on the southern shore of Lower Lough Erne, 9 miles West of Enniskillen. It's within the Fermanagh District Council area. History The area takes its name from the Irish word "Bléan" which means a creek. (The suggestion that it derives from the Blayneys of Castleblayney originates in an inaccuarate statement in Livingstone's History of Fermanagh.) Blaney Bay, on Lough Erne was a good location for prospective settlers,… (More on Blaney)