| Office: | Senator |
| Term Start: | 23 April 1975 |
| Term End: | 27 October 1977 |
| Term Start1: | 22 July 1954 |
| Term End1: | 1 June 1973 |
| Constituency1: | Agricultural Panel |
| Birth Date: | 1 March 1907 |
| Birth Place: | Farranfore, County Kerry, Ireland |
| Death Place: | Melbourne, Australia |
| Party: | Fine Gael |
| Spouse: | Barbara Prendergast |
| Children: | 7 |
Micheál Anthony Prendergast (c.1921 – 25 March 1998) was an Irish farmer and trader, businessman and company director, and Fine Gael politician.[1]
He was born in Farranfore, County Kerry and was raised in Kilcock, County Kildare.[1] He married Barbara from Australia in 1959, and they had one son and six daughters.[1]
He was a member of the Irish Live Stock Exporters' and Traders' Association and was its chairman in 1961 and 1969. He was a member of the national executive of the Irish Livestock Trade and was its chairman in 1970. He was a member of the Dublin Port and Docks Board. He spent many years in the livestock export business. He was a council member of the Agricultural Institute, now known as Teagasc, from 1960 to 1963.[1]
He was a member of Seanad Éireann from 1954 to 1973 and from 1975 to 1977. He was first elected to the Seanad in 1954 by the Agricultural Panel.[2] He did not contest the 1973 election but was elected in a by-election on 23 April 1975 by the Administrative Panel, replacing Seán Brosnan who had been elected to Dáil Éireann. He lost his seat at the 1977 election.[2]
He retired to Australia in 1986 and died in Melbourne in 1998.[1]