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'[[File:The Dowling.png|thumb|right|Dowling.]] '''Dowling''' is an [[Irish name|Irish surname]]. It is an anglicised form representing two unrelated clans: 1 - Ó Dúnlaing, noted as one of the seven [[sept]]s of [[County Laois]], the ancestral home called ''Fearann ua n-Dúnlaing'' (O'Dowling's Country).<ref>[http://www.dowlingfamily.info/meaning.htm Dowling family information and background] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081029004646/http://www.dowlingfamily.info/meaning.htm |date=October 29, 2008 }}</ref> 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 * [[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 * [[Constance Dowling]] (1920-1969), American model and actress * [[Cody Dowling]] (born 1976), American Electrical Engineer * [[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]], Australian Catholic priest and radio personality * [[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 * [[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 * [[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 * Matthew G Dowling (born 2001) American Bus Boy * Meghan L. Dowling (born 1980), American writer * Michael Dowling (born 1977), American VP IT * [[Otto Dowling]] (1881–1946), American Navy Captain and Governor of American Samoa * [[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), Irish politician * [[Terry Dowling]] (born 1947), Australian writer * [[Tom Dowling (disambiguation)]], multiple people * [[Victor J. Dowling]] (1866–1934), American judge and politician * [[Vincent Dowling]] (1929–2013), Irish actor and director * [[William Dowling (disambiguation)]], multiple people * [[Camila Vallejo Dowling]], (1988–), Chilean deputy congresswoman *[[Arloa Alethea Dowling]], (1983-), American Pharmacy Technician AJAI IS AWESOME ==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.&nbsp;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. {{surname|Dowling}}<!-- It does not help to add disambig or hndis tags where the page only contains people who share a surname --> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dowling (Surname)}} [[Category:Surnames]] [[Category:Anglicised Irish-language surnames]] [[Category:Surnames of Irish origin]]'