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]

CountryIreland

TimezoneUTC+0 (WET)

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Blue Ball An Phailís
Village
The Blue Ball pub and signage at Blue Ball, County Offaly
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))

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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]