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References
- ↑ Dowling family information and background Archived October 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Cairney, C. Thomas (1989). Clans and Families of Ireland and Scotland. Jefferson, North Carolina, United States, and London: McFarland & Company. p. 54. ISBN 0899503624.
- 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
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