Cooney (name)

Cooney (from O'Cooney, Gaelic: "Ó Cuana") is a common Irish surname. 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), Coney 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.

Surname

 * Adam Cooney, AFL football player
 * America Chedister, born Cooney, American actress
 * Andrew Cooney, Irish Republican
 * Anne, Eileen and Elizabeth (Lily) Cooney, the Cooney Sisters, Irish Republicans and members of Cumann na mBan
 * Barbara Cooney, children's book author/illustrator
 * Barney Cooney (1934–2019) – Australian politician
 * Caroline B. Cooney, author
 * Edward Cooney, Irish evangelist
 * Eugenia Cooney
 * Gerry Cooney, boxer
 * Jack Cooney (born 1971), Gaelic footballer and manager
 * James Cooney (1848–1904), Irish-American lawyer
 * Sergeant James C. Cooney, Struck gold in southwest New Mexico
 * James Cooney (Medal of Honor), American Medal of Honor recipient
 * Jeremy Cooney, American politician
 * Joan Ganz Cooney, American television producer
 * Johnny Cooney, American professional baseball player
 * JP Cooney (born 1980), Irish rugby union player
 * Joseph Cooney (born 1991), Irish hurler
 * Kevin Cooney (baseball) (born 1950), American college baseball coach
 * Kyra Cooney-Cross (born 2002), Australian footballer
 * Mark Cooney, American football in the NFL
 * Michael Cooney, British screenwriter
 * Mike Cooney, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Montana
 * 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
 * Tim Cooney (disambiguation), several people
 * Walter R. Cooney Jr., astronomer
 * Wayne Cooney, former association football player who played in the League of Ireland during the 1990s

Given name

 * Cooney Weiland – inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1971