Ederney

For the place in Turkey, see Edirne.

Ederney
Road junction in Ederney
Ederney is located in Northern Ireland
Ederney
Ederney
Location within Northern Ireland
Population587 (2011 Census)
Irish grid referenceH221649
• Belfast83 miles
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townENNISKILLEN
Postcode districtBT93
Dialling code02868
UK Parliament
NI Assembly
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Fermanagh
54°31′57″N 7°39′31″W / 54.5326°N 7.6586°W / 54.5326; -7.6586

Ederney (from Irish Eadarnaidh, meaning 'middle place/place between')[1] is a village situated primarily in the townlands of Drumkeen[2] and of Ederny[3] in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

At the 2011 census it had a population of 587.[4] Ederney lies in the Glendarragh River Valley near 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. The village and its hinterland (the Glendarragh Valley area) has a population of several thousand.[5]

Ederney is located on a tourist route adjacent to Lough Erne. It is approximately 7 miles (11 km) from the border with the Republic of Ireland and 24 miles (39 km) from the west of Ireland tourism trail, the Wild Atlantic Way, in County Donegal.

  1. ^ "Place Names NI - Home". Placenamesni.org. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Drumkeen Townland, Co. Fermanagh". Townlands.ie. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Ederny Townland, Co. Fermanagh". Townlands.ie. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Census 2011 Population Statistics for Ederney Settlement". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). Retrieved 30 May 2022. This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.
  5. ^ History of Ederney (Ederny) Archived 21 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine, ederney.com; accessed 3 February 2016.