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Colum Prendiville

Irish hurler

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ120504832
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Colum Prendiville (born 19 May 1998) is an Irish hurler. At club level he plays with Graigue-Ballycallan, while he has also lined out at inter-county level with various Kilkenny teams.

Career

Prendiville first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with the Graigue-Ballycallan club. As a schoolboy, he won a Croke Cup medal with St Kieran's College in 2016, while he later lined out with Dublin City University in the Fitzgibbon Cup. After progressing to adult club level, Prendiville was a panel member when Graigue-Ballycallan beat Portlaoise to win the Leinster Club IHC title in 2018.

Prendiville first played for Kilkenny at inter-county level at minor level in 2016. He was later included on the under-21 team. Prendiville later progressed to the intermediate team and won an All-Ireland IHC medal after a defeat of Cork in 2017. After a number of years out of the inter-county scene, he was drafted onto the senior team in 2022 and won a Leinster SHC medals as a panel member.

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