438:. These were the last games Belfast Celtic played before the club disbanded. O'Flanagan scored twice during the tour. His first goal came on 12 May in a 5–0 win against Ulster United, and he scored again in a 4–0 win against Montreal All-Stars on 1 June. However, the highlight of the 10 game tour came on 29 May when Celtic beat
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On 30 September 1946, he was working a pub in Dublin when he received a desperate phone call at 2:30 p.m. asking him to substitute for an injured Irish player in a match against
England due to start at 5:30 p.m. at Dalymount Park. He rushed out and managed to play alongside his brother in
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The 1946-47 season would be the last where O'Flanagan would play regularly for
Bohemians, appearing only sporadically in the late 1940s and making a brief comeback in the 1951-52 season. In all competitions, O'Flanagan scored 127 goals in 188 appearances, including 52 goals in 78 League matches.
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season, scoring 19 league goals. He also scored 31 times in 31 appearances in all competitions that season. In 1945, O'Flanagan, together with his brother
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and did not learn of his call up until just a few hours before the game was due to kick off.
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in Dublin's City Centre which is known today as the
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in 1939. He quickly established himself in the first team and was top goalscorer in the
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and he had spent the previous night entertaining a party of
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final, Mick would score an astonishing six goals in an 11–0 win for
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O'Flanagan played soccer as a youth with several clubs, most notably
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tennis club. The following morning, he went to work in his pub in
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The
Complete Who's Who of Irish International Football, 1945–96
346:. A third brother, Charlie O'Flanagan, also played for Bohs.
450:. That was the last time Scotland ever played a club side.
318:. As a soccer player, O'Flanagan played for, among others,
922:"Morrissey's – History of Licenced Property Transactions"
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During the summer of 1949, O'Flanagan also guested for
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683:"Belfast Celtic player also made history with Ireland"
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Paradise Lost and Found: The Story of
Belfast Celtic
499:In 1947m O'Flanagan began playing rugby union with
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948:"The Story Behind a Pub Called the Confession Box"
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475:. Among his teammates that day was his brother
786:Bohemian AFC – Official club history 1890-1976
1010:Ireland (FAI) men's international footballers
467:on 30 September 1946 in a 1–0 defeat against
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724:Bohemian FC match programme, Vol. 52, no. 24
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515:. This helped an Ireland team, featuring
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16:Irish former sportsman (1922–2015)
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748:from the original on 6 April 2012
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380:Dublin and Belfast Intercity Cup
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797:Belfast Celtic USA tour results
738:"Ireland – List of Topscorers"
533:1948 Five Nations Championship
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885:England international results
611:League of Ireland Top Scorer
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330:. His older brother,
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874:Ireland soccer stats
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242:International career
27:Personal information
454:Irish international
399:Leinster Senior Cup
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784:Reid, Tony (1976)
545:Marlborough Street
444:Triborough Stadium
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394:the match.
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424:Tom Aherne
109:Kenilworth
962:"Swai.ie"
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320:Home Farm
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120:Home Farm
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344:England
340:Ireland
336:Arsenal
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627:Source
560:Soccer
489:Dublin
459:Soccer
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99:Soccer
52:Dublin
634:Rugby
495:Rugby
477:Kevin
372:Kevin
143:Years
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861:2017
821:2008
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656:1948
581:1945
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