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The Banagher Improvement Committee was involved in the development of public housing, drainage and sanitation, local industries, electricity supply and street lightning, employment schemes, local infrastructure and the revival of Banagher Great Fair.

Gaelic games were introduced to the Ballinamere area in the late 1880s and an official club was established in the early years of the 20th century. In 1909, Ballinamere players amalgamated with Tullamore to field a team which won the first hurling championship for North Offaly. Following a decline in the participation of the sport in the area in the succeeding years, it underwent a revival in the 1930s and the club exists to the present day.

William P Ball was the son of John Thomas Ball. He lived at 71 Merrion Square, Dublin, when he married Constance Helen Arthur on 6 October 1894.

Samuel Ball is likely the brother of John Ball.

Constance Helen Studdert, daughter of William Steele Studdert of Keeper View, County Clare, first married Lucius T J Arthur of Glenomera, County Clare. After his death, she married again on 6 October 1894 to William P Ball.