Ederny

Coordinates: 54°31′57″N 7°39′31″W / 54.5325°N 7.6585°W / 54.5325; -7.6585

Ederney or Ederny (from Irish: Eadarnaidh, meaning "ambush") is a small village and townland (of 133 acres) in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

In the 2001 Census it had a population of 554. Ederney lies in the Glendarragh River Valley close to Lower Lough Erne and Kesh. It is 83 miles (134 km) from Belfast, over 100 miles (160 km) from Dublin and about 16 miles from both Omagh and Enniskillen. Ederney and its hinterland (the Glendarragh Valley area) boast a population of several thousand.

Public transport

Ulsterbus route 194 serves Ederney/Ederny with one daily journey in each direction except Sundays, linking it to Irvinestown, Enniskillen and Pettigo. Route 83A provides a link to Omagh on Mondays & Thursdays only.

History

Local historian Leo Mulligan MBE details that at the time of the Plantation there was a settlement of significance at Ederney when the land grant (titled "Edernagh") was given to Captain Thomas Blennerhassett of Norfolk in 1610. He created the Manor of Edernagh on a 450 acres (1.8 km²) demesne and a court baron on the shores of Lough Erne, which he later named Castle Hassett. He established the new village of Ederney (Edernagh).