Title: History of the surname Cooney
Headings: Cooney – descendants of an elegant chief
Cooney – descendants of an elegant chief
Virtue is the only nobility
Be a friend of Ireland Calling
Notable Cooneys
Famous Cooneys
Variations of the Cooney surname
Video histories of popular Irish names
Irish Names

Content: The Gambino crime family are said to have murdered rival gangster Mikey Spillane as a favour to Coonan. Years earlier Spillane had kidnapped Coonan’s father and badly beaten him. Joan Ganz Cooney
After a long career in violent crime, Coonan was eventually jailed for life for racketeering in 1988. Famous Cooneys
Joan Ganz Cooney is an American TV producer. She has had a long and successful career and won countless awards for her work in radio and TV. She is a co-founder of the Children’s Television Network. Gerry Cooney was an Irish-American heavyweight boxer. He was known as Gentleman Gerry and had an exciting attacking style of fighting. He only lost three fights in a 13-year career and almost made it to the top. He fought in glamorous venues such as Madison Square Garden, New York and Ceasar’s Palace, Las Vegas.