Prendergast

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Prendergast (Irish: de Priondargás) is a Hiberno-Norman name. The name derives from the 12th century Norman Knight Maurice de Prendergast, whose name was taken from a village in Pembrokeshire and much further back from Brontegeest in Flanders near Ghent, it came to Ireland with Strongbow one of the leading Norman invaders who obtained extensive grants of land in various parts of the south and west of the country. His descendants were seated near Waterford and in south Mayo, districts in which the name has always subsequently been found. Some families of Prendergast assumed the name Fitzmaurice at an early date. The Prendergasts who assumed the Fitzmaurice name were also called MacMaris, Nowadays the name Prendergast is widely corrupted to Pender.[1]

Variant Spellings; Pender, Pendergast, Pendergrass, Penders, Pendy, Pinder, Pinders, Pindy, Prender, Prendergast, Prindergast

The name remains primarily distributed in and around the Dublin and Wicklow areas.

People

People whose surname is or was Prendergast include:

Places

References

  1. ↑ The Book of Irish Families, Great & Small By Michael C. O'Laughlin; http://booksaliveo.8m.com/p/prendergast/prendergast.htm; http://www.goireland.com/genealogy/family.htm?FamilyId=267


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