Cooney
Cooney (from O'Cooney, Gaelic: "Ó Cuana") is a common Irish surname.[1] In various forms, the name dates back to the 12th century. It is first associated with County Tyrone then in the province of Connaught, in the townland of Ballycooney, Loughrea barony, in County Galway, then to County Clare, County Mayo, and Dublin.
Alternate spellings are O'Conney, Coony, Coonahan, Coonihan, Coonie, Coonan, Coumey, (Coomey) and Cooihan. Alternate spellings of O'Cuana are Cuana, Coona, O Cuanaic, and O'Cuanaich. Some with the name, Coonifer, Coonihan and Coumey, the latter mainly from County Cork, have been changed into Cooney.
People named Cooney
- Adam Cooney - AFL football player
- Andy Cooney - Irish Republican
- Barbara Cooney - children's book author/illustrator
- Caroline B. Cooney - author
- Cooney Weiland - inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1971
- Edward Cooney - Irish evangelist
- Gerry Cooney - famous boxer
- James Cooney (1848 – 1904) - Irish-American lawyer
- Sergeant James C. Cooney - Struck gold in southwest New Mexico
- James Cooney (Medal of Honor recipient), American Medal of Honor recipient
- Joan Ganz Cooney - American television producer
- JP Cooney (born 1980), Irish rugby union player
- Kevin Cooney (born 1945), American actor
- Kevin Cooney (baseball) (born 1950), American college baseball coach
- Mark Cooney- American football in the NFL
- John-Anthony Cooney(1982- ) - British illustrator, animator, designer and stand-up comedian
- Johnny Cooney, American professional baseball player
- Patrick Cooney - Irish politician
- Philip Cooney - former Bush administration official with ties to the energy business lobby (American Petroleum Institute)
- Ray Cooney - British playwright
- Richard T. Cooney, American politician
- Terry Cooney - American baseball umpire
- Thomas C. Cooney - American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient
- Walter R. Cooney, Jr. - astronomer
- Thomas C. Cooney, American Medal of Honor recipient
- Wayne Cooney league of ireland player