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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Blue Ball, County Offaly

Blue Ball, historically known as Pallas (Irish: An Phailís), 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.

Pallas Lough, also in the civil parish of Killoughy, 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.

See also

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