Club Career
Pendergast joined Tir Conaill harps on entering the sport in 2007, having previously, and exclusively, played soccer. His Tír Conaill career was initially marred by injury, suffering a torn quadriceps late on in the 2007 season. The following season started as the previous had ended with Pendergast sustaining a broken finger in the 2008 pre-season training. Despite the injury setbacks, on Saturday 17 May 2008, Pendergast went on to make his full debut for the club at Dundee, starting at Full Forward against Dún Deagh Dálriada. Pendergast's first honour in the game came as an unused substitute in the Harps 1-10 to 1-06 win over city rivals Glaschu Gaels in the 2009 Davitt Shield Final.
Despite the promising start the season gave Pendergast's injury troubles continued into the season after he sustained a phalangeal avulsion fracture while playing in a soccer match in Varadero, Cuba in late June. The resulting injury was initially expected to be a 3 to 4 week lay off. Complications from the fracture however resulted in reduced mobility of the joint which subsequently brought Pendergast's 2009 club season to a premature end.
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