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

Killoughy Killoughey, officially Killoughy and historically "Killaghy" or "Killahy" (),Placenames Database of Ireland
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Pallas Lough Pallas may refer to: Astronomy * 2 Pallas asteroid ** Pallas family, a group of asteroids that includes 2 Pallas * Pallas (crater), a crater on Earth's moon Mythology * Pallas (Giant), a son of Uranus and Gaia, killed and flayed by Athena * Pall ...

, 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.

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

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