Cooney (name)
Cooney is a common Irish surname. In various forms, the name dates back to the 12th century. It is first associated with County Tyrone then in the province of Connaught, in the townland of Ballycooney, Loughrea barony, in County Galway, then to County Clare, County Mayo, and Dublin.
Alternate spellings are O'Conney, Coony, Coonahan, Coonihan, Coonie, Coonan, Coumey, Coney and Cooihan. Alternate spellings of O'Cuana are Cuana, Coona, O Cuanaic, and O'Cuanaich. Some with the name Coonifer, Coonihan and Coumey, the latter mainly from County Cork, have been changed into Cooney.
Surname
- Adam Cooney, AFL football player
- America Chedister, born Cooney, American actress
- Andrew Cooney, Irish Republican
- Anne, Eileen and Elizabeth Cooney, the Cooney Sisters, Irish Republicans and members of Cumann na mBan
- Barbara Cooney, children's book author/illustrator
- Barney Cooney, Australian politician
- Caroline B. Cooney, author
- Edward Cooney, Irish evangelist
- Eugenia Cooney
- Gerry Cooney, boxer
- Jack Cooney, Gaelic footballer and manager
- James Cooney, Irish-American lawyer
- Sergeant James C. Cooney, Struck gold in southwest New Mexico
- James Cooney (Medal of Honor), American Medal of Honor recipient
- Jeremy Cooney, American politician
- Joan Ganz Cooney, American television producer
- John Cooney, Irish boxer
- Johnny Cooney, American professional baseball player
- JP Cooney, Irish rugby union player
- Joseph Cooney, Irish hurler
- Kevin Cooney (baseball), American college baseball coach
- Kyra Cooney-Cross, Australian footballer
- Mark Cooney, American football in the NFL
- Mary Cooney, American politician
- Michael Cooney, British screenwriter
- Mike Cooney, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Montana
- Patrick Cooney, Irish politician
- Patrick H. Cooney, American attorney
- Patrick R. Cooney, American Roman Catholic prelate
- Philip Cooney, former Bush administration official with ties to the energy business lobby
- Ray Cooney, British playwright
- Richard T. Cooney, American politician
- Terry Cooney, American baseball umpire
- Thomas C. Cooney, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient
- Tim Cooney (disambiguation), several people
- Walter R. Cooney Jr., astronomer
- Wayne Cooney, former association football player who played in the League of Ireland during the 1990s
Given name
- Cooney Weiland – inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1971