Owen MacCarthy

Owen MacCarthy was an Irish Jacobite politician and soldier.
MacCarthy was a Member of Parliament for Clonakilty (Parliament of [Ireland constituency)|Clonakilty] in the short-lived Patriot Parliament called by James [II of England] in 1689. During the Williamite War in Ireland, he raised a regiment of foot and was a colonel serving under the Earl of Tyrconnell. 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.