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). 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 (born 1990), English actress
• Ann Dowling (born 1952), British mechanical engineer
• Austin Dowling (1868–1930), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
• Bairbre Dowling (born 1953), Irish actress
• Bartholomew Dowling (1823–1863) Irish poet
• Brian Dowling (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Brian Dowling (presenter) (born 1978), Irish television presenter
  • Brian Dowling (American football) (born 1947), American football player
  • Brian Dowling (hurler) (born 1983), Irish hurler
• Bridget Dowling (1891–1969), Irish sister-in-law of Adolf Hitler
• Camila Vallejo Dowling, (born 1988), Chilean deputy congresswoman
• Constance Dowling (1920–1969), American model and actress
• Dan Dowling (1906–1993), American cartoonist
• Dereck Dowling (1914–2003), South African cricketer
• Dick Dowling (born 1938), Irish politician
• Eddie Dowling (1889–1976), American actor, director, and producer
• Edward J. Dowling (born 1875), New York politician
• Garry Dowling, Australian rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s
• Gerard Dowling (cricketer) (born 1964), Australian cricketer
• Graham Dowling (born 1937), New Zealand cricketer of the 1960s and 1970s
• Greg Dowling (born 1959), Australian rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s
• Sir James Dowling (1787–1844), English-born Australian jurist
• Jane Dowling (1925–2023), British artist
• Jerry Dowling, American cartoonist
• Jim Dowling, Australian Catholic activist
• Joan Dowling (1928–1954), English character actress
• Joe Dowling (born 1948), American theater director
• John Dowling (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jonathan Dowling, Irish-American quantum physicist
• Joseph Dowling (1922–2014), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
• Kevin Dowling (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Kevin Dowling (bishop) (born 1944), South African Roman Catholic bishop
  • Kevin Dowling (darts player) (born 1965), English darts player
  • Kevin Dowling (director), American film and television director and producer
• Lesley Rae Dowling, South African singer
• Levi H. Dowling (1844–1911), American preacher and author
• Otto Dowling (1881–1946), American Navy captain and Governor of American Samoa
• Owen Dowling (1934-2008), Australian Anglican bishop
• Patrick J. Dowling (born 1939), Irish engineer and educationalist
• Phil Dowling (born 1967), New Zealand curler
• Richard Dowling (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Richard W. Dowling (1838–1867), Confederate officer in American Civil War
  • Richard Dowling (writer) (1846–1898), Irish novelist
• Roy Dowling (1901–1969), Australian naval admiral
• Seán Dowling (born 1978), Irish hurler
• Shane Dowling (born 1954), Australian politician
• Terry Dowling (born 1947), Australian writer
• Tom Dowling (disambiguation), multiple people
• Vera Strodl Dowling (1918–2015), Danish pilot
• Victor J. Dowling (1866–1934), American judge and politician
• Vincent Dowling (1929–2013), Irish actor and director
• William Dowling (disambiguation), multiple 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.
• Guild of One-Name Studies:- Dowling One-Name Study https://www.dowling.one-name.net