Moynalty, (in Irish: Maigh nEalta), meaning “the plain of the flocks of birds” is a village in the north-west of County Meath in Ireland. It is located 8kms (5 miles) north of Kells and near the border with County Cavan. It was part of the Kells Poor Law Union. The Borora river flows through the village. Its population in 2016 was estimated as 134 people.

Current village
The village was built by the grandson of James Farrell who purchased the lands of Moynalty and its hinterland in 1790. That grandson, John Arthur Farrell completed the building of Moynalty Village in 1837 and the original houses are to some extent based on a Swiss design. The village was built on the one side only, earning it the legend “All To One Side Like The Village Of Moynalty”. It was only after 1900 that houses were built on the river side of the village.

The Donore Hoard of bronze artefacts, a bronze chain, plates, and a door knocker, decorated in an 8th-century style, were discovered in Moynalty during an excavation in 1984. The items have been housed in the National Museum of Ireland since June 1985.

There was a small lace-making industry in Moynalty. This lace making industry supplied lace to the wife of King George at Buckingham Palace in London. The village has become a familiar face in the national Tidy Towns competition. Moynalty was awarded with the title of Best Kept Town in Ireland in 2011.

The Tidy Towns Award monument.

The village also hosts the annual Moynalty Steam Threshing Festival, held every August since 1975.

The annual parade of traction engines through the village takes place on the Saturday before the Steam Threshing Festival.