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. The Irish form of the name is Nà Dhúnlaing, Ó Dúnlaing or Uà Dhúnlaing.
2 – Ó Dubhlainn, a minor family of County Galway, represented by Richard William Dowling, American Confederate officer.
According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Dowlings in Ireland were one of the chiefly families of the LoÃgis tribe who in turn came from the Cruthin tribe who were the first Celts to settle in Ireland from between 800 and 500 BC.
List of people surnamed Dowling
- Alexandra Dowling, English actress
- Ann Dowling, British mechanical engineer
- Austin Dowling, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
- Bairbre Dowling, Irish actress
- Bartholomew Dowling Irish poet
- Brian Dowling (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
- *Brian Dowling (presenter), Irish television presenter
- *Brian Dowling (American football), American football player
- *Brian Dowling (hurler), Irish hurler
- Bridget Dowling, Irish sister-in-law of Adolf Hitler
- Camila Vallejo Dowling,, Chilean deputy congresswoman
- Catherine Dowling, New Zealand broadcaster
- Constance Dowling, American model and actress
- Dan Dowling, American cartoonist
- Dereck Dowling, South African cricketer
- Dick Dowling, Irish politician
- Eddie Dowling, American actor, director, and producer
- Edward J. Dowling, New York politician
- Garry Dowling, Australian rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s
- George Dowling, English footballer with Swindon Supermarine
- George Dowling (wool expert), wool broker in South Australia
- Gerard Dowling (cricketer), Australian cricketer
- Graham Dowling, New Zealand cricketer of the 1960s and 1970s
- Greg Dowling, Australian rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s
- Sir James Dowling, English-born Australian jurist
- Jane Dowling, British artist
- Jerry Dowling, American cartoonist
- Jim Dowling, Australian Catholic activist
- Joan Dowling, English character actress
- Joe Dowling, American theater director
- John Dowling (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jonathan Dowling, Irish-American quantum physicist
- Joseph Dowling, Irish Fianna Fáil politician
- Kevin Dowling (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
- *Kevin Dowling (bishop), South African Roman Catholic bishop
- *Kevin Dowling, English darts player
- *Kevin Dowling (director), American film and television director and producer
- Lesley Rae Dowling, South African singer
- Levi H. Dowling, American preacher and author
- Mick Dowling, Irish boxer
- Otto Dowling, American Navy captain and Governor of American Samoa
- Owen Dowling, Australian Anglican bishop
- Patrick Dowling (disambiguation), several people, including
- * Patrick J. Dowling, Irish engineer and educationalist
- Phil Dowling, New Zealand curler
- Richard Dowling (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
- *Richard W. Dowling, Confederate officer in American Civil War
- *Richard Dowling (writer), Irish novelist
- Roy Dowling, Australian naval admiral
- Seán Dowling, Irish hurler
- Shane Dowling, Australian politician
- Terry Dowling, Australian writer
- Tom Dowling (disambiguation), multiple people
- Vera Strodl Dowling, Danish pilot
- Victor J. Dowling, American judge and politician
- Vincent Dowling, Irish actor and director
- William Dowling (disambiguation), multiple people