Dowling (surname)
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Dowling is an Irish surname
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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 sept
s of County Laois
, the ancestral home called Fearann ua n-Dunlaing (O'Dowling's Country). The Irish form of the name is Ní Dhuiling (female) or Ó Duiling (male).
People with the last name Dowling include:
Irish name
A formal Irish-language name consists of a given name and a surname. Surnames in Irish are generally patronymic in etymology, although they are no longer literal patronyms, as Icelandic names are...
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It is an anglacised form representing two unrelated clans:
1 - O Dubhlainn, a minor family of County Galway
County Galway
County Galway is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the city of Galway. Galway County Council is the local authority for the county. There are several strongly Irish-speaking areas in the west of the county...
, represented by Richard William Dowling (1838-1867), American Confederate officer.
2 - O Duiling, noted as one of the seven sept
Sept
A sept is an English word for a division of a family, especially a division of a clan. The word might have its origin from Latin saeptum "enclosure, fold", or it can be an alteration of sect.The term is found in both Ireland and Scotland...
s of County Laois
County Laois
County Laois is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Midlands Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It was formerly known as Queen's County until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. The county's name was formerly spelt as Laoighis and Leix. Laois County Council...
, the ancestral home called Fearann ua n-Dunlaing (O'Dowling's Country). 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 DowlingAustin DowlingAustin Dowling was the second Archbishop and fourth bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. He was appointed on January 31, 1919 and held the office to his death...
, archbishop - Bairbre DowlingBairbre DowlingBairbre Dowling is an Irish actress.Born in Dublin as Barbara Patricia Dowling, she was formerly married to Irish actor Colm Meaney, and is the daughter of Irish-American actor Vincent Dowling, and the late Irish actress, Brenda Doyle She has appeared in relatively few TV shows and movies, the...
, actress - Brian DowlingBrian DowlingBrian Patrick Robert Dowling is an Irish television presenter who rose to fame after being crowned the winner of the second series of UK reality television show Big Brother in 2001. He also won Ultimate Big Brother in 2010, making him the ultimate Big Brother housemate...
, reality TV show contestant - Brian Dowling (football)Brian Dowling (football)Brian John Dowling is a former college and professional football player and was the starting quarterback of the Yale University football team in the late 1960s. He set, and held for decades, a number of Yale passing records. Dowling finished 9th in vote for the 1968 Heisman Trophy, and was...
- Bridget DowlingBridget DowlingBridget Elizabeth Hitler, née Dowling was Adolf Hitler's sister-in-law via her marriage to Alois Hitler, Jr. She was the mother of Alois Hitler's son William Patrick Hitler...
, Adolf Hitler's sister-in-law - Camila Vallejo DowlingCamila VallejoCamila Antonia Amaranta Vallejo Dowling is a graduate student of geography from the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of Chile, and was elected president of the University of Chile Student Federation in November 2010 - she is the second woman to hold this post after Marisol...
, Chilean geography student and activist - Constance DowlingConstance DowlingConstance Dowling was an American model turned actress of the 1940s and 1950s.-Early life and career:...
, actress - Eddie DowlingEddie DowlingEddie Dowling was an American actor, screenwriter, playwright, director, producer, songwriter and composer....
, entertainer - Garry DowlingGarry DowlingGarry Dowling was an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 80s. He played club football for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Parramatta Eels, Western Suburbs Magpies, New South Wales and for the Australian national side. He played at fullback in...
, Australian rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 80s - Gerard DowlingGerard DowlingFather Gerard Dowling is an Australian Catholic priest and radio personality.Residing in Melbourne, Australia, Dowling is a renowned priest who appears on a radio counselling show on Sport 927...
, radio personality - Graham DowlingGraham DowlingGraham Thorne Dowling is a former New Zealand cricketer who played 39 Test matches and captained New Zealand in 19 of them. Playing as a specialist right-handed batsman, usually an opener, he achieved moderate success, averaging 31 with the bat. His finest moment came when he made a nine-hour 239...
, New Zealand cricketer of the 1960s and 70s - Greg DowlingGreg DowlingGregory Dowling is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 90s. He represented both Australia and Queensland....
, Australian rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 90s - James DowlingJames DowlingSir James Dowling was an English-born Australian jurist in New South Wales, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales 1837 – 1844....
, judge - Jerry DowlingJerry DowlingJerry Dowling is an American cartoonist who has also worked in newspaper illustration. He received the National Cartoonist Society Newspaper Illustration Award for 1994 for his work....
, cartoonist - Jim DowlingJim DowlingJim Dowling is a self-declared human rights, free speech and anti-war activist from Brisbane, Australia. Together with fellow Catholic Worker activists, Ciaron O'Reilly and Angela Jones, he founded the West End Catholic Worker community in Brisbane during the 1980s...
, Australian Catholic activist - Joan DowlingJoan DowlingJoan Dowling was an English character actress.-Biography:Joan Dowling was an English Actress of the 1940–50s era. She was the illegitimate daughter of Vera Dowling and was brought up by her great grandmother in Uxbridge...
, actress - Joe DowlingJoe DowlingJoe Dowling is the Artistic Director for the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He is also well-known for his work as Artistic Director of the Abbey Theatre in Ireland, and has directed plays in all the major theatres in Ireland as well as theatres in London, New York, Washington...
, theatre director - Jonathan DowlingJonathan DowlingJonathan P. Dowling is a Co-Director of the Horace Hearne Institute for Theoretical Physics, and also a Hearne Chair in Theoretical Physics at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, both at Louisiana State University...
, quantum physicist - Kevin DowlingKevin DowlingKevin Patrick Dowling, C.SS.R., is a South African prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. A Redemptorist, he is the second and current Bishop of Rustenburg.-Early life and ordination:...
, South African Roman Catholic Bishop - Lela DowlingLela DowlingLela Dowling is a graphic artist who draws fantasy and science fictional characters. In collaboration with Steve Gallacci, she drew the comic book series Fusion, a science-fiction action adventure...
, graphic artist - Levi H. DowlingLevi H. DowlingLevi H. Dowling was an American preacher. He was born in Bellville, Ohio. His father, of Scots and Welsh descent, was a pioneer preacher among the Disciples of Christ...
esoteric author - Otto DowlingOtto DowlingOtto Carl Dowling was an United States Navy Captain, and the 25th Governor of American Samoa from April 17, 1934 to January 15, 1936. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1903. Dowling served in World War I, before retiring...
, 25th Governor of American Samoa - Philip DowlingPhilip DowlingPhilip Dowling is an English actor. His most notable roles are Alfie Wallace in Two Thousand Acres of Sky and Leo Taylor in EastEnders. He played four different roles in the ITV1 police drama series The Bill from 1999 to 2006. Philip second cousins are Daisy Turner, Lily Harvey and Lacey Turner...
, actor - Richard William Dowling (1838–1867), Confederate officer in American Civil War
- Seán DowlingSeán DowlingSeán Dowling is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club called O'Loughlin Gaels and was a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 2001 until 2004.-References:...
, Irish sportsperson - Shane DowlingShane DowlingShane Dowling is an Australian politician. He was Mayor of Geelong from December 2004 to November 2005, and Mayor of South Melbourne from 1989 to 1991....
, police officer - Terry DowlingTerry DowlingTerence William Dowling, born at Lystra Private Hospital , is an Australian writer, freelance journalist, award-winning critic, editor, game designer and reviewer...
, Australian writer - Tom DowlingTom Dowling-External links:...
, Australian rugby league footballer - Vincent DowlingVincent DowlingVincent Gerard Dowling is an Emmy Award winning Irish actor and director.He was formerly married to the late Irish actress, Brenda Doyle...
, actor - William Dowling, recipient of Victoria Cross