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'''Prendergast''' is a [[ |
'''Prendergast''' is a [[British people|British]] and [[Irish people|Irish]] surname. |
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==Etymology== |
==Etymology== |
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This [[toponymic surname]] may derive from ''prender'' from a Germanic word for fire or conflagration (cf. brand) where the ''b'' became ''p'' due to [[fortition]] and ''gast'' (cf. [[geest]]) from a |
This [[toponymic surname]] may derive from ''prender'' from a Germanic word for fire or conflagration (cf. brand) where the ''b'' became ''p'' due to [[fortition]] and ''gast'' (cf. [[geest]]) from a Germanic word for wasteland or dry and infertile land meaning the location could have been a [[wikt:burn-beat|burn-beat]] area. Others think the name is a Saxonized form of Bryn y Gest from the Welsh [[wikt:bryn#Welsh|bryn]] meaning hill and gest a [[lenition]] of ''cest'' which means belly or swelling or a deep glen between two mountains having but one opening. It could also lessly come from Pren-dwr-gwest, the inn by the tree near the water. The right etymology is probably Pen-dre-gast. The suffix ast (cf. [[wikt:gast#Welsh|gast]]) is of Welsh origin like the names of the [[wikt:cromlech|cromlech]] [[chamber tomb]] of Penllech yr Ast (''the chief slab of the bitch'') or Llech-yr-ast (''Bitch's stone''), in [[Llangoedmor]], Cardiganshire or Gwâl y Filiast (''Lair of the Greyhound Bitch'') or Carn Nant-yr-ast or Llety'r Filiast or Twlc y Filiast.<ref>{{cite book|first=Thomas|last=Morgan|title=Handbook of the Origin of Place-Names in Wales and Monmouthshire|id={{ASIN|1150347619|country=uk}}}}</ref> Alternatively, the name may come from a lost Flemish settlement near Ghent, known as Brontegeest. Pembrokeshire had a significant Flemish population by the twelfth century.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://journals.library.wales/view/2919943/2996217/70|title=Archaeologia Cambrensis (1846-1899) | Third Series No. XLI January 1865 | 1865 | Welsh Journals - The National Library of Wales|website=journals.library.wales}}</ref> |
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==People with the name== |
==People with the name== |
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* [[Catherine Prendergast]], American scholar and intellectual historian |
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* [[Charles Prendergast]] (1863–1948), Canadian-American artist |
* [[Charles Prendergast]] (1863–1948), Canadian-American artist |
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* [[Colleen Prendergast]] ( Born 1973 ) British actress, voice over artist and director. |
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* [[Declan Prendergast]] (born 1981) Irish hurler |
* [[Declan Prendergast]] (born 1981) Irish hurler |
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* [[Edmond Francis Prendergast]] (1843–1918), Irish-born Roman Catholic prelate and Archbishop of Philadelphia, who gave |
* [[Edmond Francis Prendergast]] (1843–1918), Irish-born Roman Catholic prelate and Archbishop of Philadelphia, who gave his name to [[Archbishop Prendergast High School]] in Philadelphia, U.S. |
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* [[Frank Prendergast]] (1933–2015), Irish politician |
* [[Frank Prendergast]] (1933–2015), Irish politician |
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* [[George Prendergast]] (1854–1937), Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria |
* [[George Prendergast]] (1854–1937), Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria |
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* [[James Prendergast (disambiguation)]] |
* [[James Prendergast (disambiguation)]] |
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* [[John Prendergast (disambiguation)]] |
* [[John Prendergast (disambiguation)]] |
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* [[Kathleen Prendergast]] (1910–1954), Australian paleontologist and physician |
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* [[Kerry Prendergast]] (born 1953), New Zealand politician |
* [[Kerry Prendergast]] (born 1953), New Zealand politician |
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* [[Kieran Prendergast]] (born 1942), British diplomat and former Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs at the United Nations |
* [[Kieran Prendergast]] (born 1942), British diplomat and former Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs at the United Nations |
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* [[Mark Prendergast]], Scottish 21st century actor |
* [[Mark Prendergast]], Scottish 21st century actor |
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* [[Mark Prendergast (hurler)]] (born 1978), Irish hurler |
* [[Mark Prendergast (hurler)]] (born 1978), Irish hurler |
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* Mark Prendergast, guitarist for the Irish band Kodaline |
* Mark Prendergast, guitarist for the Irish band [[Kodaline]] |
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* [[Maurice Prendergast]] (1858–1924), American painter |
* [[Maurice Prendergast]] (1858–1924), American painter |
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* [[Maurice de Prendergast]] ({{fl.|1169–1174}}), Norman knight |
* [[Maurice de Prendergast]] ({{fl.|1169–1174}}), Norman knight |
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* [[Mick Prendergast]] (1950–2010), English footballer |
* [[Mick Prendergast]] (1950–2010), English footballer |
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* [[Mike Prendergast]] (born 1977), Irish rugby union footballer |
* [[Mike Prendergast (rugby union)]] (born 1977), Irish rugby union footballer |
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* [[Mike Prendergast (baseball)]] (1888–1967), American Major League Baseball pitcher |
* [[Mike Prendergast (baseball)]] (1888–1967), American Major League Baseball pitcher |
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* [[Orla Prendergast]] (born 2002), Irish woman cricketer |
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* [[Paddy Prendergast (racehorse trainer)]] (1910–1980), Irish trainer |
* [[Paddy Prendergast (racehorse trainer)]] (1910–1980), Irish trainer |
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* [[Paddy Prendergast (hurler)]] (born 1958), Irish |
* [[Paddy Prendergast (hurler)]] (born 1958), Irish hurler |
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* [[Patrick Prendergast (academic)]], Provost of Trinity College, Dublin |
* [[Patrick Prendergast (academic)]], Provost of Trinity College, Dublin |
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* [[Patrick Prendergast (abbot)]] (c. 1741–1829), last Abbot of Cong and guardian of the Cross of Cong |
* [[Patrick Prendergast (abbot)]] (c. 1741–1829), last Abbot of Cong and guardian of the Cross of Cong |
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* [[Patrick Eugene Prendergast]] (1868–1894), American assassin of Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison Sr. |
* [[Patrick Eugene Prendergast]] (1868–1894), American assassin of Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison Sr. |
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* [[Paudie Prendergast]] (born 1960), Irish |
* [[Paudie Prendergast]] (born 1960), Irish hurler |
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* [[Peter Prendergast (artist)]] (1946–2007), Welsh artist |
* [[Peter Prendergast (artist)]] (1946–2007), Welsh artist |
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* [[Peter Prendergast (hurler)]] ({{fl.|1947–1952}}), Irish |
* [[Peter Prendergast (hurler)]] ({{fl.|1947–1952}}), Irish hurler |
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* [[Peter Prendergast (referee)]] (born 1963), Jamaican football referee |
* [[Peter Prendergast (referee)]] (born 1963), Jamaican football referee |
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* [[Robert Prendergast]] (1864–1946), British admiral |
* [[Robert Prendergast]] (1864–1946), British admiral |
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* [[Séamus Prendergast]] (born 1980), Irish hurler |
* [[Séamus Prendergast]] (born 1980), Irish hurler |
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* [[Sharon Marley]] Prendergast (born 1964), Jamaican singer, dancer and curator, adopted daughter of Bob Marley |
* [[Sharon Marley]] Prendergast (born 1964), Jamaican singer, dancer and curator, adopted daughter of Bob Marley |
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* [[Shaun Prendergast]] ( |
* [[Shaun Prendergast]] (born 1958) British actor, playwright, screenwriter and novelist |
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* [[Segismundo Moret]] y Prendergast (1833–1913), Spanish politician, President of the Council of Ministers |
* [[Segismundo Moret]] y Prendergast (1833–1913), Spanish politician, President of the Council of Ministers |
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* [[Terrence Prendergast]] (born 1944), Archbishop of Ottawa |
* [[Terrence Prendergast]] (born 1944), Archbishop of Ottawa |
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* [[Tessa Prendergast]] (1928–2001), Jamaican actress, fashion designer, businesswoman and socialite |
* [[Tessa Prendergast]] (1928–2001), Jamaican actress, fashion designer, businesswoman and socialite |
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* [[Thomas Prendergast (disambiguation)]] |
* [[Thomas Prendergast (disambiguation)]] |
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* [[Tom Prendergast]] ({{fl.|1976–1987}}), Irish Gaelic football player |
* [[Tom Prendergast (Laois footballer)]] ({{fl.|1976–1987}}), Irish Gaelic football player |
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* [[William A. Prendergast]] (1867–1954), American businessman and politician |
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==Variants== |
==Variants== |
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Variants of Prendergast include: [[Pender (disambiguation)|Pender]], [[Pendergast]], [[Prandergast]], [[Brandergast]], [[Pendergrass]], [[Penders]], [[Pendy]], [[Pinder (disambiguation)|Pinder]], [[Pinders]], [[Pindy]], [[Prender]], [[Prendergrast]], [[Prendergest]], [[Prindergast]], [[Pendergist]] and the ([[Gaelicisation|Gaelicised]]) de Priondargás. |
Variants of Prendergast include: [[Pender (disambiguation)|Pender]], [[Pendergast]], [[Prandergast]], [[Brandergast]], [[Pendergrass (disambiguation)|Pendergrass]], [[Pender (disambiguation)|Penders]], [[Pendy]], [[Pinder (disambiguation)|Pinder]], [[Pinders]], [[Pindy]], [[Prender]], [[Prendergrast]], [[Prendergest]], [[Prindergast]], [[Pendergist]] and the ([[Gaelicisation|Gaelicised]]) de Priondargás. |
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==In Britain== |
==In Britain== |
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==In Ireland== |
==In Ireland== |
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In Ireland, Prendergast is regarded as a [[Hiberno-Normans|Hiberno-Norman]] name and is usually derived from a 12th-century [[Cambro-Norman]] knight, [[Maurice de Prendergast]], who was born in Pembrokeshire and came to Ireland with the Earl of Pembroke, [[Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke| |
In Ireland, Prendergast is regarded as a [[Hiberno-Normans|Hiberno-Norman]] name and is usually derived from a 12th-century [[Cambro-Norman]] knight, [[Maurice de Prendergast]], who was born in Pembrokeshire and came to Ireland with the Earl of Pembroke, [[Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke|Richard "Strongbow" de Clare]]. Many of Maurice de Prendergast's immediate descendants lived in [[County Tipperary]] and southern [[County Mayo|Mayo]]. Some assumed the name [[Fitzmaurice]] at an early date and some of the Fitzmaurices were later known as MacMorris.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://booksaliveo.8m.com/p/prendergast/prendergast.htm|title=The Book of Irish Families, Great & Small by Michael C. O'Laughlin; booksaliveo.8m.com|publisher=}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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[[Category:Surnames of Norman origin]] |
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Prendergast is a British and Irish surname.
Etymology
[edit]This section needs additional citations for verification. (February 2021) |
This toponymic surname may derive from prender from a Germanic word for fire or conflagration (cf. brand) where the b became p due to fortition and gast (cf. geest) from a Germanic word for wasteland or dry and infertile land meaning the location could have been a burn-beat area. Others think the name is a Saxonized form of Bryn y Gest from the Welsh bryn meaning hill and gest a lenition of cest which means belly or swelling or a deep glen between two mountains having but one opening. It could also lessly come from Pren-dwr-gwest, the inn by the tree near the water. The right etymology is probably Pen-dre-gast. The suffix ast (cf. gast) is of Welsh origin like the names of the cromlech chamber tomb of Penllech yr Ast (the chief slab of the bitch) or Llech-yr-ast (Bitch's stone), in Llangoedmor, Cardiganshire or Gwâl y Filiast (Lair of the Greyhound Bitch) or Carn Nant-yr-ast or Llety'r Filiast or Twlc y Filiast.[1] Alternatively, the name may come from a lost Flemish settlement near Ghent, known as Brontegeest. Pembrokeshire had a significant Flemish population by the twelfth century.[2]
People with the name
[edit]- Catherine Prendergast, American scholar and intellectual historian
- Charles Prendergast (1863–1948), Canadian-American artist
- Declan Prendergast (born 1981) Irish hurler
- Edmond Francis Prendergast (1843–1918), Irish-born Roman Catholic prelate and Archbishop of Philadelphia, who gave his name to Archbishop Prendergast High School in Philadelphia, U.S.
- Frank Prendergast (1933–2015), Irish politician
- George Prendergast (1854–1937), Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria
- George C. Prendergast (born 1961), American oncologist and biomedical scientist
- Guy Prendergast (British Army officer) (1905–1986), British Army brigadier and Saharan explorer
- Harry Prendergast (1834–1913), British Army general, recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Ian Prendergast (born 1980), Australian rules footballer
- James Prendergast (disambiguation)
- John Prendergast (disambiguation)
- Kathleen Prendergast (1910–1954), Australian paleontologist and physician
- Kerry Prendergast (born 1953), New Zealand politician
- Kieran Prendergast (born 1942), British diplomat and former Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs at the United Nations
- Mark Prendergast, Scottish 21st century actor
- Mark Prendergast (hurler) (born 1978), Irish hurler
- Mark Prendergast, guitarist for the Irish band Kodaline
- Maurice Prendergast (1858–1924), American painter
- Maurice de Prendergast (fl. 1169–1174), Norman knight
- Mick Prendergast (1950–2010), English footballer
- Mike Prendergast (rugby union) (born 1977), Irish rugby union footballer
- Mike Prendergast (baseball) (1888–1967), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Orla Prendergast (born 2002), Irish woman cricketer
- Paddy Prendergast (racehorse trainer) (1910–1980), Irish trainer
- Paddy Prendergast (hurler) (born 1958), Irish hurler
- Patrick Prendergast (academic), Provost of Trinity College, Dublin
- Patrick Prendergast (abbot) (c. 1741–1829), last Abbot of Cong and guardian of the Cross of Cong
- Patrick Eugene Prendergast (1868–1894), American assassin of Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison Sr.
- Paudie Prendergast (born 1960), Irish hurler
- Peter Prendergast (artist) (1946–2007), Welsh artist
- Peter Prendergast (hurler) (fl. 1947–1952), Irish hurler
- Peter Prendergast (referee) (born 1963), Jamaican football referee
- Robert Prendergast (1864–1946), British admiral
- Séamus Prendergast (born 1980), Irish hurler
- Sharon Marley Prendergast (born 1964), Jamaican singer, dancer and curator, adopted daughter of Bob Marley
- Shaun Prendergast (born 1958) British actor, playwright, screenwriter and novelist
- Segismundo Moret y Prendergast (1833–1913), Spanish politician, President of the Council of Ministers
- Terrence Prendergast (born 1944), Archbishop of Ottawa
- Tessa Prendergast (1928–2001), Jamaican actress, fashion designer, businesswoman and socialite
- Thomas Prendergast (disambiguation)
- Tom Prendergast (Laois footballer) (fl. 1976–1987), Irish Gaelic football player
- William A. Prendergast (1867–1954), American businessman and politician
Variants
[edit]Variants of Prendergast include: Pender, Pendergast, Prandergast, Brandergast, Pendergrass, Penders, Pendy, Pinder, Pinders, Pindy, Prender, Prendergrast, Prendergest, Prindergast, Pendergist and the (Gaelicised) de Priondargás.
In Britain
[edit]The surname may be connected to one or more of three places in Britain: Prendergast, now a suburb of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales;[3] Prendergast, near Solva, also in Pembrokeshire,[4] and; Prenderguest, near Ayton, Berwickshire, Scotland.
In Ireland
[edit]In Ireland, Prendergast is regarded as a Hiberno-Norman name and is usually derived from a 12th-century Cambro-Norman knight, Maurice de Prendergast, who was born in Pembrokeshire and came to Ireland with the Earl of Pembroke, Richard "Strongbow" de Clare. Many of Maurice de Prendergast's immediate descendants lived in County Tipperary and southern Mayo. Some assumed the name Fitzmaurice at an early date and some of the Fitzmaurices were later known as MacMorris.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Morgan, Thomas. Handbook of the Origin of Place-Names in Wales and Monmouthshire. ASIN 1150347619.
- ^ "Archaeologia Cambrensis (1846-1899) | Third Series No. XLI January 1865 | 1865 | Welsh Journals - The National Library of Wales". journals.library.wales.
- ^ "History of Prendergast in Pembrokeshire - Map and description". www.visionofbritain.org.uk.
- ^ http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10322613/boundary
- ^ "The Book of Irish Families, Great & Small by Michael C. O'Laughlin; booksaliveo.8m.com".