Christopher-Paul Peter Pendergast BABachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences or both....
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IrishIrish is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now only spoken natively by a small minority of the Irish population but also plays an important symbolic role in the life of the Irish state, and is used...
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Croístoir-Pól Peadar de Piondárgas BABachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences or both....
PGDEPGDE can stand for two similar postgraduate teaching qualifications:* Postgraduate Diploma in Education * Professional Graduate Diploma in Education...
), commonly known as
Chris Pendergast (
IrishIrish is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now only spoken natively by a small minority of the Irish population but also plays an important symbolic role in the life of the Irish state, and is used...
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ScottishScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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Gaelic FootballGaelic football , commonly referred to as "Football" , "Gaelic" or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...
er of
Irish descentThe Irish people are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha Dé Danann and the Milesians The Irish...
. He currently plays with
GlasgowGlasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
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Tir Conaill HarpsTír Conaill Harps GAC is a GAA Club based in Glasgow, Scotland. The club plays both men and women's Gaelic Football as well as Camogie and Ladies Shinty. The club is the biggest GAA club in Scotland in terms of structure and has a fully integrated youth system fielding teams for all age groups...
. He joined the Harps since entering the sport in 2007. His Tír Conaill career was initially marred by injury, suffering a torn quadricep late on in the 2007 season and a
broken fingerAn avulsion fracture is a bone fracture which occurs when a fragment of bone tears away from the main mass of bone as a result of physical trauma. This can occur at the ligament due to the application forces external to the body or at the tendon due to a muscular contraction that is stronger than...
in the 2008 pre-season.
Christopher-Paul Peter Pendergast BABachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences or both....
PGDEPGDE can stand for two similar postgraduate teaching qualifications:* Postgraduate Diploma in Education * Professional Graduate Diploma in Education...
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IrishIrish is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now only spoken natively by a small minority of the Irish population but also plays an important symbolic role in the life of the Irish state, and is used...
:
Croístoir-Pól Peadar de Piondárgas BABachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences or both....
PGDEPGDE can stand for two similar postgraduate teaching qualifications:* Postgraduate Diploma in Education * Professional Graduate Diploma in Education...
), commonly known as
Chris Pendergast (
IrishIrish is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now only spoken natively by a small minority of the Irish population but also plays an important symbolic role in the life of the Irish state, and is used...
:
Croís Piondárgas) is a
ScottishScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
born
Gaelic FootballGaelic football , commonly referred to as "Football" , "Gaelic" or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...
er of
Irish descentThe Irish people are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha Dé Danann and the Milesians The Irish...
. He currently plays with
GlasgowGlasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
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Tir Conaill HarpsTír Conaill Harps GAC is a GAA Club based in Glasgow, Scotland. The club plays both men and women's Gaelic Football as well as Camogie and Ladies Shinty. The club is the biggest GAA club in Scotland in terms of structure and has a fully integrated youth system fielding teams for all age groups...
. He joined the Harps since entering the sport in 2007. His Tír Conaill career was initially marred by injury, suffering a torn quadricep late on in the 2007 season and a
broken fingerAn avulsion fracture is a bone fracture which occurs when a fragment of bone tears away from the main mass of bone as a result of physical trauma. This can occur at the ligament due to the application forces external to the body or at the tendon due to a muscular contraction that is stronger than...
in the 2008 pre-season. Despite the setbacks Pendergast went on to make his full debut for the club at
DundeeDundee is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and, fully named as Dundee City, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. It lies on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea....
, starting at
Full ForwardThe following are the positions in the Gaelic sports of Gaelic football, hurling and camogie. Like rugby and baseball, and unlike soccer, these have set positions which haven't changed in decades...
against
Dún Deagh DálriadaDún Deagh Dálriada GFC is a Gaelic football club based in Dundee, Scotland. The team's home strips are black with gold vertical stripes, whites shorts and gold socks. The club's name comes from the Gaelic name for Dundee, Dún Deagh, and the ancient Celtic kingdom, Dál Riata, which laid the...
. Pendergast also represents
Caledonian UniGlasgow Caledonian University is a public university in Glasgow, Scotland.Glasgow Caledonian began in 1875 as a small college with 110 students. Since then it has grown and diversified into one of the largest universities in Scotland with over 17,000 students as of 2007...
at University level. Away from sport Pendergast also holds the titles of
Artium BaccalaureusBachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences or both....
in Integrated Product Design and a
PGDEPGDE can stand for two similar postgraduate teaching qualifications:* Postgraduate Diploma in Education * Professional Graduate Diploma in Education...
. Pendergast won his first honour in the game as an unused substitute in the Harps 1-10 to 1-06 win over city rivals Glaschu Gaels in the 2009
Davitt ShieldThe Michael Davitt Sheild is a Scottish Gaelic Football pre-season tournament founded in 2001. The competition takes place in the April of each season. The trophy is named after Irish Republican activist and founder of the Irish National Land League, Michael Davitt. Glaschu Gaels were the...
Final. Pendergast's injury troubles continued into the 2009 season after he sustained a phalangeal
avulsion fractureAn avulsion fracture is a bone fracture which occurs when a fragment of bone tears away from the main mass of bone as a result of physical trauma. This can occur at the ligament due to the application forces external to the body or at the tendon due to a muscular contraction that is stronger than...
in late June, resulting in what was initially expected to be a 3 to 4 week lay off. Complications from the fracture however brought Pendergast's 2009 season to a premature end.
He is the 2nd cousin 3 times removed of
ScottishThe Scots people and an ethnic group indigenous to Scotland.An ethnic group, historically they emerged from an amalgamation of Picts, Gaels and Brythons....
SkiffleSkiffle is a type of popular music with jazz, blues, folk and country influences, usually using homemade or improvised instruments. Originating as a term in the United States in the first half of the twentieth century, it became popular again in Britain in the 1950s, where it was associated with...
muscian
Lonnie DoneganLonnie Donegan MBE was a skiffle musician, with more than 20 UK Top 30 hits to his name. He is known as the "King of Skiffle" and is often cited as a large influence on the generation of British musicians who became famous in the 1960s...
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