Blue Ball
An Phailís
Village
The Blue Ball pub at Blue Ball
The Blue Ball pub at Blue Ball
Blue Ball is located in Ireland
Blue Ball
Blue Ball
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°13′N 7°37′W / 53.217°N 7.617°W / 53.217; -7.617
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyOffaly
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

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]

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

References

  1. ^ a b "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
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