As described in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

PRENDERGAST. Prendregast, a parish iu Pembrokeshire, from whence went forth to the conquest of Ireland, with his neighbour, the famous Strongbow, Maurice de Prendergast, who received for his services ten knights' fees called Fernegenelan. An early Prendergast, in the first half of the XIII. century, who was accounted as one of the Fideles of Ireland, had summons for the French and Scottish •wars. See D'Alton, p. 211.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Origin: Celtic

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Ireland

Religion of origin: Christian

Language of origin: Gaelic

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