Is the last name Dooley irish?

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Dooley


Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic 脫 Dubhlaoich 鈥榙escendant of Dubhlaoch鈥? a personal name composed of the elements dubh 鈥榖lack鈥?(see Duff) + laoch 鈥榗hampion鈥? 鈥榟ero鈥?


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Is the last name Dooley irish?
Yes, it is. It's a variation of the name Dowley.
Reply:In around 1960, in St Louis there was a well known doctor named Dooley. He probably graduated from St. Louis U.. He opened a medical organization in Cambodia or Thailand. He was a good fried of Jack Parr who had the tonight show before Johnny Carson and had D. Dooley on the late show quite often I guess to give the audience an opportunity to gain respect for what he was doing and I guess to help gain funds for his hospital. Unfortunately he died very young from spine cancer and id buried in Calvary cemetery in St Louis, not far from General Sherman. Don't know what this has to do with your question, but I am sure he was Irish.
Reply:Yeah come from county clare in Ireland and there are Dooley's all over the place. I dont speak Irish to well but I think its like the Irish version of handsome du(u with a line ove it)il - duil.
Reply:yes.
Reply:sounds it!
Reply:Ancestry.com notes the following places of origin for Dooley from New York passenger lists:





Ireland 1147


Great Britain 166


England 164


Scotland 8


Kilkenny 6


England: Ireland 3





That makes for 1156 Irish Dooleys. My mother grew up on Dooley St., and I've always thought of Dooley as an Irish name.
Reply:Definitely sounds like it.

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