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. 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. References Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 17th-century Irish people Irish Jacobites Irish MPs 1689 Irish soldiers in the army of James II of England Irish soldiers in the French Army Owen Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Cork constituencies