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).[1] The Irish form of the name is Ní Dhúnlaing (unmarried female), Ó Dúnlaing (male) or [Bean] Uí Dhúnlaing (married female).
According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Dowlings in Ireland were one of the chiefly families of the
Loígis tribe who in turn came from the
Cruthin tribe who were the first
Celts to settle in Ireland from between 800 and 500
BC.[2]
This page lists people with the
surnameDowling. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.
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).[1] The Irish form of the name is Ní Dhúnlaing (unmarried female), Ó Dúnlaing (male) or [Bean] Uí Dhúnlaing (married female).
According to historian C. Thomas Cairney, the O'Dowlings in Ireland were one of the chiefly families of the
Loígis tribe who in turn came from the
Cruthin tribe who were the first
Celts to settle in Ireland from between 800 and 500
BC.[2]
This page lists people with the
surnameDowling. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.