Blaney (Irish: Bléinigh) is a small village in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, on the southern shore of Lower Lough Erne. It lies 9 miles West of Enniskillen. It is 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 locati… (More on Blaney)