placenamesRathmolyon
Ráth Moliain
St Michael’s National School records the family gift behind its twentieth-century building.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Ráth Moliain · Irish · main form
- Rathmolyon · English · main form
Place & story
A new school for the district
St Michael’s National School at Kill, Rathmolyon, traces its present building to 1961. Its own history identifies a committee formed by Father Patrick Dillon and a site donated by Patrick Jordan and his family. The foundation stone was laid in September 1960. The school records an opening roll of 102 children, comprising fifty boys and fifty-two girls. The land donation and building campaign provide a specific record of local support for education. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Meath
- Barony
- Moyfenrath Lower
- Coordinates
- 53.48126, -6.82755
- Mapped area
- 39.59 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1915 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Rathmolyon. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- History of St Michael’s National School, Kill, Rathmolyon · St Michael’s National School
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-09-24. How this page was prepared.