| Rathmolyon | |
| Native Name: | Irish: Ráth Moliain |
| Native Name Lang: | ga |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Image Alt: | Behind a wrought iron gate sits a church with grey stone quoins. An octagonal steeple with a tall pointed roof adjoins the right side of the nave and contains a ground-level entry with red door. |
| Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ireland |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Ireland |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Leinster |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | County Meath |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population: | 334 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Timezone1: | WET |
| Utc Offset1: | +0 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | IST (WEST) |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -1 |
| Coordinates: | 53.489°N -6.7445°W |
| Elevation M: | 76 |
| Blank Name: | Irish Grid Reference |
| Blank Info: | N833483 |
Rathmolyon (; [2]) is a village in the southern portion of County Meath, Ireland, situated 8 km south of Trim. It is situated at the junction of the R156 regional road and the R159 regional road connecting Trim to Enfield. Rathmolyon serves as a service centre for the surrounding rural area. The village is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.[2]
Bus Éireann route 115A provides a commuter link from Rathmolyon to Dublin via Summerhill and Dunboyne with one journey in the morning and an evening journey back every day except Sunday.[3]
The village developed at the junction of two regional roads. A number of buildings in the village date from the Georgian and Victorian periods. During the late 19th century, the area played a role in the development of the Two by Twos and Cooneyite movement,[4] the only religion known to have had its origin in Ireland.[5]
Notable or historic buildings in Rathmolyon include a Catholic church, a Protestant church, two public houses, Cherryvalley House, Rathmolyon Villa and Rathmolyon House.[6]
The population of Rathmolyon almost doubled in the ten years between the 2006 census (168 inhabitants) and the 2016 census (334 people).[1] [7] According to the 2016 census, almost 50% of the town's houses (53 of 108 households) were constructed between 2001 and 2010.[1]
The townland of Rathmolyon Esker, east of Rathmolyon, has been proposed as a Natural Heritage Area.