Declan Prendergast
Declan Prendergast
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| Personal information |
| Irish name |
Déaglán de Priondragás |
| Sport |
Hurling |
| Position |
Full-back |
| Born |
4 October 1981 (1981-10-04) (age 30)
Ardmore, County Waterford |
| Club(s) |
| Years |
Club |
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Ardmore |
| Inter-county(ies)* |
| Years |
County |
Apps (scores) |
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| 2003- |
Waterford |
16 (0-0) |
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| Inter-county titles |
| Munster titles |
2 |
| All Irelands |
0 |
| NHL |
1 |
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 11 August 2007. |
Declan Prendergast (born 4 October 1981) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Ardmore and with the Waterford senior inter-county team. He is a brother of Waterford hurler Seamus Prendergast.
Playing career
Club
Prendergast plays his club hurling and football with his local Ardmore club. He featured on the Ardmore team that lost the 2007 Waterford senior football final against Ballinacourty.
Inter-county
Prendergast made his senior championship debut for Waterford in 2003 at a time when the county's hurling fortunes were on the way up. The following year he won his first Munster medal following a defeat of Cork in what has been described as the greatest Munster final of all-time. Unfortunately, Waterford were later defeated in the All-Ireland semi-final. The following two years brought little success for Prendergast and Waterford. In 2005 and 2006 they reached the All-Ireland knock-out series, however, they were beaten on both occasions by old rivals Cork.
In 2007 Prendergast won a National Hurling League medal following a victory over Kilkenny in the final. It was Waterford's first national title since 1963. He later collected a second Munster title following a win over Limerick. In the subsequent all-Ireland series, Waterford overcame Cork in a replay before losing to Limerick in the all-Ireland semi-final, the team's fifth such defeat in ten years.
Prendergast played in his first All-Ireland final in 2008, when Waterford, having been beaten by Clare in the Munster championship, overcame Antrim, Offaly, Wexford and Tipperary to qualify to meet Kilkenny in the county's first Liam McCarthy Cup decider since 1963. It was a disappointing day for the Déise, however, as Kilkenny triumphed by 23 points.[1]
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| Name |
Prendergast, Declan |
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| Date of birth |
4 October 1981 |
| Place of birth |
Ardmore |
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