{{short description|River in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, tributary of the Erne}} {{other uses|Arney (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{EngvarB|date=March 2020}} [[File:River Arney - geograph.org.uk - 383046.jpg|thumb|right|River Arney near Bellanaleck]] The '''Arney River''' is a small river in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, feeding from Lower Lough MacNean and into Upper Lough Erne.<ref>{{cite web|title=Coarse Fishing |work=Northern Regional Fisheries Board |url=http://www.nrfb.ie/fishing/coarse/index.htm |accessdate=27 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228130437/http://www.nrfb.ie/fishing/coarse/index.htm |archivedate=28 December 2008 }}</ref> It meanders through a wide, flat Glacial Trough between the uplands of Fermanagh, Belmore Mountain and the Cuilcagh Mountains. The valley is characterised by wide flat lowlands enclosed by low hills.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Arney Lowlands Landscape |work=Northern Ireland Environment Agency |url=http://www.ni-environment.gov.uk/landscape/country_landscape/8/8-land.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805115347/http://www.ni-environment.gov.uk/landscape/country_landscape/8/8-land.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 August 2012 |accessdate=27 February 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Arney to Swanlinbar Lowlands |work=Bréifne |url=http://www.breifne.ie/content.asp?ID=1557 |accessdate=27 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119024216/http://www.breifne.ie/content.asp?ID=1557 |archivedate=19 November 2007 }}</ref> The Cladagh River drains into the Arney River.
There are six bridging points on the Arney River, five of these are suitable for motorised vehicles, while one is located on private land near to the source of the river.
==Angling== The river is often used by amateur anglers who are fishing for salmon and trout, however, the river is mainly populated by perch.
==Name== There is a local tradition of an area beside the river called the Red Meadow alluding to blood soaking into the fields during the Battle of the Ford of the Biscuits.<ref>{{cite book|last=Glassie, Henry|first=Henry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-eRxZbkyMp4C|title=Irish Folk History Texts from the North|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|year=1998|isbn=0-8122-1123-5|edition=reprint|page=6|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>O'Neill, James and Logue, Paul. 'The Battle of the Ford of the Biscuits, 7 August 1594' in Claire Foley and Ronan McHugh (eds), An archaeological survey of County Fermanagh, vol. 1, pt. 2 (Belfast, 2014), pp 913-22</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Rebellion & The Nine Years War|url=http://www.enniskillencastle.co.uk/uploads/docs/Rebellion%20&%20The%20Nine%20Years%20War.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725170422/http://www.enniskillencastle.co.uk/uploads/docs/Rebellion%20&%20The%20Nine%20Years%20War.pdf|archive-date=25 July 2011}}</ref> Alternatively the local brick making industry may also have given rise to this name as the river was lined with brick fields during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
==See also== * Rivers of Ireland * List of rivers of Ireland
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==External links== * [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/383046 Geograph – River Arney Photograph] * 2014 BBC News story on new evidence regarding the Battle of the Ford of the Biscuits: "[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-29821603 Bullet discovery set to rewrite history books]" * {{cite web | title=Ancient Clan O'Neill Blog | website=Ancient Clan O'Neill | date=7 August 2016 | url=http://ancientclanoneill.com/maguire-macbaron-and-henry-duke%E2%80%99s-crackers-battle-ford-biscuits-7-august-1594 }} – "Maguire, MacBaron and Henry Duke’s crackers: the Battle of the Ford of the Biscuits", 7 August 1594 {{coord|54|18|N|7|48|W|display=title|region:GB_type:river_source:GNS-enwiki}}
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Category:Rivers of County Fermanagh