Blue Ball
An Phailís | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 53°13′N 7°37′W / 53.217°N 7.617°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Leinster |
County | Offaly |
Time zone | UTC+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]
Tullamore Show took place on the 250 acre Butterfield Estate, Blue Ball, on Sunday 11th August