Blue Ball, County Offaly

Blue Ball, historically known as Pallas (Irish: An Phailís),^[1][2] is a small village in County Offaly, Ireland. It is 9 km southwest of Tullamore, at the junction of the N52 and the R357 roads, in the civil parish of Killoughy.^[1]

Blue Ball An Phailís
Village
The Blue Ball pub at Blue Ball
Blue Ball Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°13′N 7°37′W
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	Offaly
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Pallas Lough, also in the civil parish of Killoughy,^[3] is a small fishing lake located to the east of the village.

Butterfield Estate, near Blue Ball, hosts an annual agricultural and livestock show, the Tullamore Show.^[4][5]

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

1. "An Phailís / Blue Ball (population centre)". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
2. "An Phailís / Pallas (townland)". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
3. "Loch na Pailíse / Pallas Lough". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
4. Nolan, Phillip (9 August 2010). "The Best In Show; Winning Swiss roll and prized Charolais: Philip Nolan on why Tullamore is our past and future". Irish Daily Mail. Gale A233952130 – via Gale OneFile.
5. "Tullamore National Livestock Show 2019 – Results". ihfa.ie. Irish Holstein Friesian Association. Retrieved 18 January 2022. Tullamore Show took place on the 250 acre Butterfield Estate, Blue Ball, on Sunday 11th August

The sign of the Blue Ball