Blue Ball, historically known as Pallas (), is a small village in

County Offaly County Offaly (; ga, Contae Uíbh Fhailí) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe. It was formerly known as King's County, in hono ...

, Ireland. The village lies to the southwest of

Tullamore Tullamore (; ) is the county town of County Offaly in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is on the Grand Canal (Ireland), Grand Canal, in the middle of the county, and is the fourth most populous town in the Midland Region, Ireland, midlands reg ...

, at the junction of the N52 and the R357 roads, in the

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

Killoughy Killoughey, officially Killoughy and historically "Killaghy" or "Killahy" (),Placenames Database of Ireland
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, 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 The Tullamore Show is a one-day agricultural and livestock show held on the second Sunday of August each year near the town of Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland. The programme of the Tullamore Show includes cultural events, commercial trade exh ...

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Towns and villages in County Offaly {{Offaly-geo-stub

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