Dowling (surname)
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, actress
- April Dowling, reality TV show contestant
- Austin Dowling, archbishop
- Bairbre Dowling, actress
- Brian Dowling, reality TV show contestant
- Brian Dowling (American football) (born 1947), American football player
- Brian Dowling (hurler) (born 1983), Irish hurler
- Bridget Dowling, Adolf Hitler's sister-in-law
- Camila Vallejo Dowling (born 1988), a Chilean geographer, communist politician and congressperson.
- Constance Dowling, actress
- Dick Dowling (Irish politician) (born 1938)
- Eddie Dowling, entertainer
- Edward J. Dowling (born 1875), New York politician
- Garry Dowling, Australian rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s
- Gerard Dowling, radio personality
- Graham Dowling, New Zealand cricketer of the 1960s and 1970s
- Greg Dowling, Australian rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s
- Sir James Dowling, judge
- Jerry Dowling, cartoonist
- Jim Dowling, Australian Catholic activist
- Joan Dowling, actress
- Joe Dowling, theatre director
- John Dowling (disambiguation), several people
- Jonathan Dowling, quantum physicist
- Karl Dowling, Barrister-at-law
- Kevin Dowling (bishop), South African Roman Catholic Bishop
- Kevin Dowling (director), American film and TV director
- Lesley Rae Dowling, South African singer
- Levi H. Dowling esoteric author
- Otto Dowling, Governor of American Samoa
- Richard W. Dowling (1838–1867), Confederate officer in American Civil War
- Roy Dowling, Australian admiral
- Seán Dowling, Irish sportsperson
- Shane Dowling, police officer
- Terry Dowling, Australian writer
- Tom Dowling (disambiguation), several people
- Victor J. Dowling (1866–1934), New York judge and politician
- Vincent Dowling, actor
- William Dowling (disambiguation), several 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.