Blue Ball, County Offaly
Blue Ball
An Phailís | |
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Village | |
The Blue Ball pub and signage at Blue Ball, County Offaly | |
Blue Ball Location in Ireland | |
| 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]
The village's modern English language name derives from the Blue Ball Pub,[3] which is located within Pallas townland. Pallas Lough, also within the civil parish of Killoughy,[4] 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.[5][6]
See also
References
- ^ a b "An Phailís / Blue Ball (population centre)". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ "An Phailís / Pallas (townland)". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ "Where do Ireland's weirdest place names come from?". theaa.ie. AA Ireland. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ "Loch na Pailíse / Pallas Lough". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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