Francis Joseph Prendergast (13 July 1933 – 19 February 2015) was an Irish lecturer and Labour Party politician who served for four years in Dáil Éireann, as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Limerick East.
Prendergast was an Irish Transport and General Workers' Union (ITGWU) official.
He was educated by the Christian Brothers in Limerick, he received a Diploma in Social and Economic Science from University College Cork and an MA in Industrial relations from Keele University in England.
[2] He first stood as a candidate for Dáil Éireann at the 1981 general election, as the running-mate of sitting TD Michael Lipper.
[3] Kemmy regained the seat by a wide margin at the 1987 general election, and Prendergast did not stand again.