Dowling (surname)
Dowling.
Dowling is an Irish surname.
It is an anglicised form representing two unrelated clans:
1 - Ó Dúnlaing, noted as one of the seven septs of County Laois, the ancestral home called Fearann ua n-Dúnlaing (O'Dowling's Country).[1] The Irish form of the name is Ní Dhúnlaing (unmarried female), Ó Dúnlaing (male) or [Bean] Uí Dhúnlaing (married female).
2 - Ó Dubhlainn, a minor family of County Galway, represented by Richard William Dowling (1838–1867), American Confederate officer.
List of people surnamed Dowling
- Alexandra Dowling (born 1990), English actress
- Ann Dowling (born 1952), British mechanical engineer
- Austin Dowling (1868–1930), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
- Bairbre Dowling (born 1953), Irish actress
- Brian Dowling (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
- Brian Dowling (presenter) (born 1978), Irish television presenter
- Brian Dowling (American football) (born 1947), American football player
- Brian Dowling (hurler) (born 1983), Irish hurler
- Bridget Dowling (1891–1969), Irish sister-in-law of Adolf Hitler
- Constance Dowling (1920-1969), American model and actress
- Dick Dowling (born 1938), Irish politician
- Eddie Dowling (1889—1976), American actor, director, and producer
- Edward J. Dowling (born 1875), New York politician
- Garry Dowling, Australian rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s
- Gerard Dowling, Australian Catholic priest and radio personality
- Gerard Dowling (cricketer) (born 1964), Australian cricketer
- Graham Dowling (born 1937), New Zealand cricketer of the 1960s and 1970s
- Greg Dowling (born 1959), Australian rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s
- Sir James Dowling (1787–1844), English-born Australian jurist
- Jerry Dowling, American cartoonist
- Jim Dowling, Australian Catholic activist
- Joan Dowling (1928–1954), English character actress
- Joe Dowling (born 1948), American theater director
- John Dowling (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jonathan Dowling, Irish-American quantum physicist
- Kevin Dowling (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
- Kevin Dowling (bishop) (born 1944), South African Roman Catholic bishop
- Kevin Dowling (darts player) (born 1965), English darts player
- Kevin Dowling (director), American film and television director and producer
- Lesley Rae Dowling, South African singer
- Levi H. Dowling (1844-1911), American preacher and author
- Matthew G Dowling (born 2001) American Bus Boy
- Meghan L. Dowling (born 1980), American writer
- Michael Dowling (born 1977), American VP IT
- Otto Dowling (1881–1946), American Navy Captain and Governor of American Samoa
- Richard Dowling (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
- Richard W. Dowling (1838–1867), Confederate officer in American Civil War
- Richard Dowling (writer) (1846–1898), Irish novelist
- Roy Dowling (1901–1969), Australian naval admiral
- Seán Dowling (born 1978), Irish hurler
- Shane Dowling (born 1954), Irish politician
- Terry Dowling (born 1947), Australian writer
- Tom Dowling (disambiguation), multiple people
- Victor J. Dowling (1866–1934), American judge and politician
- Vincent Dowling (1929–2013), Irish actor and director
- William Dowling (disambiguation), multiple people
References
- The Surnames of Ireland, Edward McLysaght, Dublin, 1978
- The Dowlings or Doolans of Carricknaughton, Athlone, Eamonn Dowling, Journal of the Irish Family History Society, volume 25, pp. 93–96, 2009
- Gaelic Personal Names, Ó Corráin, D. & Maguire, F., Dublin, 1980. Republished as Irish Names, Dublin. Lilliput, 1990
- An Sloinnteoir Gaeilge & an tAinmneoir, Ó Droighneáin, M. & Ó Murchú, M.A., Dublin, 1991.
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