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.^[1] During the Williamite War in Ireland, he raised a regiment of foot and was a colonel serving under the Earl of Tyrconnell.^[2] 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.^[3]

References

1. O'Hart, John, 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.
2. MacCARTHY, Owen. Officers of the Jacobite Armies, Centre for Robert Burns Studies, University of Glasgow. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
3. Cork MPs. Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, p.38.

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Joshua Boyle Arthur Freke	Member of Parliament for Clonakilty 1689 With: Daniel Fionn MacCarthy	Succeeded by Francis Bernard Percy Freke