- Dowling (surname)
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Dowling is an Irish surname.
It is an anglacised form representing two unrelated clans:
1 - O Dubhlainn, a minor family of County Galway, represented by Richard William Dowling (1838-1867), American Confederate officer.
2 - O Duiling, noted as one of the seven septs of County Laois, the ancestral home called Fearann ua n-Dunlaing (O'Dowling's Country).[1] The Irish form of the name is Ní Dhuiling (female) or Ó Duiling (male).
People with the last name Dowling include:
- April Dowling, reality TV show contestant
- Austin Dowling, archbishop
- Bairbre Dowling, actress
- Brian Dowling, reality TV show contestant
- Brian Dowling (football)
- Bridget Dowling, Adolf Hitler's sister-in-law
- Camila Vallejo Dowling, Chilean geography student and activist
- Constance Dowling, actress
- Eddie Dowling, entertainer
- Garry Dowling, Australian rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 80s
- Gerard Dowling, radio personality
- Graham Dowling, New Zealand cricketer of the 1960s and 70s
- Greg Dowling, Australian rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 90s
- James Dowling, judge
- Jerry Dowling, cartoonist
- Jim Dowling, Australian Catholic activist
- Joan Dowling, actress
- Joe Dowling, theatre director
- Jonathan Dowling, quantum physicist
- Kevin Dowling, South African Roman Catholic Bishop
- Lela Dowling, graphic artist
- Levi H. Dowling esoteric author
- Otto Dowling, 25th Governor of American Samoa
- Philip Dowling, actor
- Richard William Dowling (1838–1867), Confederate officer in American Civil War
- Seán Dowling, Irish sportsperson
- Shane Dowling, police officer
- Terry Dowling, Australian writer
- Tom Dowling, Australian rugby league footballer
- Vincent Dowling, actor
- William Dowling, recipient of Victoria Cross
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
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