'''Owen MacCarthy''' ([[fl.]] 1692) was an Irish [[Jacobitism|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.<ref>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.</ref> During the [[Williamite War in Ireland]], he raised a regiment of foot and was a colonel serving under the [[Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell|Earl of Tyrconnell]].<ref>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.</ref> He left Ireland for France with James II in 1690, and in 1692 he was a colonel in the [[Irish Brigade (France)|Irish Brigade]] of the [[French Royal Army]].<ref>[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.</ref>
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{{s-start}} {{s-par|ie}} {{succession box | title = [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Clonakilty (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Clonakilty]] | with = [[Daniel Fionn MacCarthy]] | years = 1689 | before = [[Joshua Boyle (politician)|Joshua Boyle]] <br/> Arthur Freke | after = [[Francis Bernard (judge)|Francis Bernard]] <br/> [[Percy Freke (politician, died 1707)|Percy Freke]] }} {{s-end}}
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