Moynalvey is a football club from a parish of about 1,700 people in south-east Meath, a few kilometres from Summerhill. It has two Meath intermediate titles, years of senior football, and a centre-back who won two All-Irelands with Meath.
The first club in the parish was formed in 1934 under the name College Park by Jim Crickley, Peter Brien and Richard Dobbins Walsh. It took the name Moynalvey in 1938, and today it serves the parish of Moynalvey and Kiltale.
The honours came in pairs. Moynalvey won the Meath Junior Football Championship in 1981 and the Intermediate two years later in 1983. A second Junior title followed in 2008. The club was back in intermediate ranks in 2009 and won that championship in 2011, beating Gaeil Colmcille in the final to return to senior football. The club also lifted the Feis Cup in 1993.
Skryne relegated Moynalvey from the senior championship at the end of 2023, and the club has played intermediate championship football since. In 2026 Moynalvey were the only intermediate side in Division 1 of the county league, but Skryne beat them again in the relegation playoff at Dunshaughlin in July, 3-12 to 2-11, sending them down for 2027.
The Meade Farm Intermediate Football Championship started with a 2-11 to 1-10 defeat to Meath Hill at Simonstown. Moynalvey responded with a 0-22 to 1-11 win over Blackhall Gaels and a 1-18 to 1-10 derby win over Dunsany, both at Dunboyne, to reach the knockout stage. St Patrick’s ended the run in the quarter-final, winning 2-19 to 0-9 on 19 September. Earlier in the year Moynalvey topped their Corn na Bóinne group.
Moynalvey play in maroon and white, which sets them apart from Meath’s green and gold. The Irish name of the club is Magh nAilbhe.
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Facts checked: 11 November 2026.
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