Owen MacCarthy

Owen MacCarthy (fl. 1692) was an Irish Jacobite politician and soldier.

MacCarthy was a Member of Parliament for Clonakilty in the short-lived Patriot Parliament called by James II of England in 1689.O'Hart, John, [https://www.libraryireland.com/Pedigrees2/irish-parliament-king-james.php The Irish Parliament of King James the Second in 1689], Irish Pedigrees: or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation (5th Ed., 1892), Volume 2. Retrieved 20 February 2023. During the Williamite War in Ireland, he raised a regiment of foot and was a colonel serving under the Earl of Tyrconnell.MacCARTHY, Owen. [https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical/research/researchcentresandnetworks/robertburnsstudies/ourresearch/jacobiteofficersdatabase/thedatabase/m/ Officers of the Jacobite Armies], Centre for Robert Burns Studies, University of Glasgow. Retrieved 20 February 2023. He left Ireland for France with James II in 1690, and in 1692 he was a colonel in the Irish Brigade of the French Royal Army.[https://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/cork-historical-and-archaeological-society/journal-of-the-cork-historical-and-archaeological-society-kro/page-7-journal-of-the-cork-historical-and-archaeological-society-kro.shtml Cork MPs]. Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, p.38.