Dooley is an
Irish
Irish may refer to:
Common meanings
* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
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surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community.
Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
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Bill Dooley
William Gerald Dooley (May 19, 1934 – August 9, 2016) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1967–1977), Virginia Polytechni ...
(born 1934), American football coach and brother of Vince Dooley
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Billy Dooley
William Dooley (born 26 March 1969) is an Irish former hurler who played for Offaly Senior Championship club Seir Kieran. He played for the Offaly senior hurling team for 11 seasons, during which time he usually lined out as a right corner-f ...
, Irish hurling player
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Brian Dooley (writer)
Brian Dooley (born 16 April 1971) is an English television writer.
He is best known for creating the sitcom '' The Smoking Room'', which debuted on BBC Three in 2004, before it was transferred to BBC Two, and for which he received a BAFTA in 2 ...
, British television writer
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Brian J. Dooley, Irish human rights activist
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Cal Dooley
Calvin M. Dooley (born January 11, 1954), American politician, was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2005, representing the 17th and 20th districts of California.
Early life and education
Born in ...
, American politician
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Charlie Dooley
Charlie A. Dooley is an American politician. A Democrat, he served as the County Executive of St. Louis County, Missouri until January 1, 2015. Dooley was the first African American to hold this position.
Early life and career
Dooley grew u ...
, American politician
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Derek Dooley (footballer)
Derek Dooley MBE (13 December 1929 – 5 March 2008) was an English football player, manager and chairman. He lived in Sheffield for the majority of his life, taking roles at both Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United.
He started his footb ...
, British football player and manager
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Derek Dooley (American football)
Derek Dooley (born June 10, 1968) is an American football coach and former player who is a senior offensive analyst for the Alabama Crimson Tide. He served as the head football coach at Louisiana Tech University from 2007 to 2009 and the Univers ...
(born 1968), college football coach; son of Vince Dooley and nephew of Bill Dooley
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Dooley Wilson
Arthur "Dooley" Wilson (April 3, 1886 – May 30, 1953) was an American actor, singer and musician who is best remembered for his portrayal of Sam in the 1942 film ''Casablanca (film), Casablanca''. In that romantic drama, he performs its theme ...
, actor and star of ''Casablanca''
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Edwin B. Dooley
Edwin Benedict Dooley (April 13, 1905 – January 25, 1982) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state), New York.
Early life
Edwin B. "Eddie" Dooley was born in B ...
, American politician
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Eliza B. K. Dooley, American artist, writer, government official in Puerto Rico
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Jackie M. Dooley, American archivist
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James Dooley (disambiguation):
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James Dooley (Australian politician)
James Thomas Dooley (26 April 1877 – 2 January 1950) served twice, briefly, as Premier of New South Wales during the early 1920s.
Early years
Born in the townland of Curracreehan (possibly Currycreaghan), near Ballymahon, County Longford, Ire ...
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James Dooley (composer)
James Michael "Jim" Dooley (born August 22, 1976) is an American film score composer.
Biography
Dooley was born in New York City and studied music at New York University, majoring in music composition. After finishing the university he moved ...
, American film score composer
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James H. Dooley, American lawyer
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Jim Dooley
James William Dooley (February 8, 1930 – January 8, 2008) was an American football player and coach who is best remembered for his tenures as a player and coach with the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL).
College career
Bo ...
, American football player and manager
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John Dooley (disambiguation)
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Kevin Dooley
Kevin Dooley (born January 7, 1953) is a former editor at DC Comics.
Biography
During his time at DC, he served as the assistant editor to Andy Helfer, and then took over many of the titles following Helfer's promotion. Dooley edited the various ...
, comics editor
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Kevin J. Dooley, American scholar and professor
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Mark Dooley
Mark Dooley (born 12 January 1970) is an Irish philosopher, writer and newspaper columnist. A specialist in continental philosophy, theology and the philosophy of religion, he is the author of several books, including ''The Politics of Exodus: ...
, Irish philosopher and writer
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Michael Dooley
Michael Joseph Dooley (born 13 December 1961) is a New Zealand prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was appointed as the 7th Bishop of Dunedin, New Zealand on 22 February 2017, ordained bishop on 26 April 2018 and installed on 27 April 20 ...
, Seventh Catholic Bishop of Dunedin (2018–present)
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Mike Dooley
Mike Dooley (born 7 February 1961, Orange, California) is a New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and entrepreneur in the philosophical New Thought movement. His teachings contain the premise that our "thoughts become things," an expression ...
, New Zealand musician
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Norval Dooley
Norval Henry "Pat" Dooley (3 October 1893 – 1978) was an Australian Army officer and leading solicitor. His service at Gallipoli and in France, and his courtship of nurse Olive Haynes was portrayed in the 2014 ABC Television miniseries ''ANZA ...
, Australian Army officer and solicitor
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Pat Dooley
Patricia "Pat" Dooley (born November 12, 1946) is a member of the House of Representatives in the U.S. state of Georgia. Dooley is a Democrat and has represented District 38, which encompasses parts of Cobb County
Cobb County is a county ...
, Georgia state Representative
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Paul Dooley
Paul Dooley (born Paul Brown; February 22, 1928) is an American character actor, writer and comedian. He is known for his roles in ''Breaking Away'', ''Sixteen Candles'', and ''Popeye''.
Early life
Dooley was born Paul Brown on February 22, 1 ...
, American actor
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Ray Dooley Ray Dooley (born 1953) is a company member at the PlayMakers Repertory Company in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and has performed on Broadway, film and television. He is currently the head of the Professional Actor Training Program (PATP) at the U ...
, American actor
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Shaun Dooley
Shaun Dooley (born 29 March 1974) is an English actor, narrator and voice-over artist.
Early life
Dooley was born in Barnsley in Yorkshire. He studied at the Arden School of Theatre in Manchester between 1992 and 1995.
Career
Dooley's fir ...
, British actor
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Shawn Dooley
Shawn C. Dooley is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He is a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in the 9th Norfolk district, succeeding Dan Winslow. The 9th Norfolk District constitutes all or pa ...
, Massachusetts state representative
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Stacey Dooley
Stacey Jaclyn Dooley (born 9 March 1987) is an English television presenter, journalist, and media personality. She came to prominence in 2008 when she appeared as a participant on ''Blood, Sweat and T-shirts''. Since then, she has made social ...
, British TV journalist
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Taylor Dooley
''The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D'' (also known simply as ''The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl'', or often shortened to ''Sharkboy and Lavagirl''), is a 2005 American 3D superhero adventure film co-written and directed by Rob ...
, American actress
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Thomas Dooley
Thomas Dooley (born May 12, 1961) is an American former soccer player and coach. He played as a defender and defensive midfielder and was a long-time member and former captain of the United States national team. Dooley recently served as the ...
(born 1961), German-American soccer player
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Thomas Anthony Dooley, American physician
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Thomas E. Dooley
Thomas E. Dooley was the interim president and CEO of Viacom from August until November 15, 2016. He was named COO in May 2010. He had previously held the position of senior executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief administrativ ...
, American business executive
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Timmy Dooley
Timmy Dooley (born 13 February 1969) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as a Seanad Éireann, Senator since June 2020, after being Nominated members of Seanad Éireann, nominated by the Taoiseach, and previously from 2002 to 2007 ...
, Irish politician
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Tom Dooley (editor)
Tom Dooley (born 1970) was the founder of Eclectica Magazine along with Chris Lott in 1996. Dooley was born on an island in the Aleutian Chain and attended high school in Tok, Alaska, graduating in 1988. He went to college in Green Bay, Wisconsin ...
, American journalist
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Tom Dooley (American football)
Robert Thomas Dooley Jr. (September 15, 1934 – May 9, 2018) was an American football official for 32 years with 14 of those years in the National Football League (NFL) from 1978 to 1992 as a line judge and referee. Dooley was assigned Super B ...
, American football official
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Tyler Dooley, American reality television contestant and nephew of
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (; born Rachel Meghan Markle; August 4, 1981) is an American member of the British royal family and former actress. She is the wife of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, the younger son of King Charles III.
Meghan was ...
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Vince Dooley
Vincent Joseph Dooley (September 4, 1932 – October 28, 2022) was an American college football coach. He was the head coach of the Georgia Bulldogs from 1964 to 1988, as well as the University of Georgia's (UGA) athletic director from 1979 t ...
(born 1932), American football coach, and brother of Bill Dooley and father of Derek Dooley
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Vol Dooley
Vol Sevier Dooley Jr. (January 20, 1927 – August 11, 2014), was the sheriff of Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana from 1976 until 1988. He was involved in the false conviction of rodeo star Jack Favor in 1967.
Early life and career
Born ...
(born 1927-2014), Louisiana sheriff
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Wade Dooley
Wade Dooley (born 2 October 1957) is a former England rugby union international who played lock forward. He played for his country 55 times and was known as the "Blackpool Tower", as a result of being 6 feet 8 inches tall and a police officer ...
, British rugby player
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Mr. Dooley
Mr. Dooley (or Martin J. Dooley) is a fictional Irish immigrant bartender created by American journalist and humorist Finley Peter Dunne. Dooley was the subject of many Dunne columns between 1893 and 1915, and again in 1924 and 1926. Dunne's ess ...
, a fictional bartender in stories by Finley Peter Dunne
Other uses
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Dooley, Virginia
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Dooley, Montana
See also
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Dooly (disambiguation)
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Dooley's
Dooley's is a German cream liqueur combining toffee and vodka, made by BEHN in Eckernförde. It is marketed in a red and blue opaque bottle. The liqueur itself is a creamy colour.
Ingredients
* Vodka
* Cream
* Sugar
* Milk
* Flavoring
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Dooleys
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Tom Dooley (song)
"Tom Dooley" is a traditional North Carolina folk song based on the 1866 murder of a woman named Laura Foster in Wilkes County, North Carolina by Tom Dula (whose name in the local dialect was pronounced "Dooley"). One of the more famous murder b ...
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Justice Dooley (disambiguation)
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