Conor Flaherty is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, who was played by actor Seán Gleeson from 22nd September 1997 to 22nd February 1999.
Flaherty soon started working as a mechanic for Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) and as a loan shark 'heavy' for Annie Palmer (Nadia Sawalha).
Eventually, he falls for Ruth (Caroline Paterson), his cousin's wife, Mark Fowler (Todd Carty).
Colm O Maonlai had auditioned for the part of Conor Flaherty but lost out to Gleeson and was later cast as Tom Banks.
[1] Merle Brown from the Scottish newspaper The Daily Record commented that Conor and Mary were "two of the most irritating characters" in the soap, and she was not happy that they were moving to Scotland.