Career
As a soccer player, O'Flanagan played for, among others, Home Farm, and On 30 September 1946 Mick and Kevin also played international soccer together for Ireland against England. A third brother, Charlie O'Flanagan, also played for Bohs. O'Flanagan played soccer as a youth with several clubs, most notably Home Farm, before joining in 1939.
He quickly established himself in the first team and was top goalscorer in the League of Ireland for the 1940–41 season, scoring 19 league goals. He also scored 31 times in 31 appearances in all competitions that season. He also scored the winning goal in the final against at Dalymount Park.
During the summer of 1949 O'Flanagan also guested for on their tour of North America. These were the last games played before the club disbanded. O'Flanagan scored twice during the tour.
However the highlight of the 10 game tour came on 29 May when Celtic beat Scotland 2–0 at Triborough Stadium. . Soccer O'Flanagan made his only appearance for Ireland on 30 September 1946 in a 1–0 defeat against England at Dalymount Park. Mick was only called up as a late replacement for the injured Davy Walsh and he had spent the previous night entertaining a party of English journalists at Templeogue tennis club.
The following morning he went to work in his pub in Dublin and did not learn of his call up until just a few hours before the game was due to kick off. Rugby Personal life He ran a pub at 88 Marlborough Street in Dublin's City Centre which is known today as the Confession Box due to its proximity to St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral. It was in this pub in 1960 that the Soccer Writers Association of Ireland was established.
Dublin and Belfast Intercity Cup: 1 Winners 1945 Leinster Senior Cup (association football): 1 Winners 1946-47 Rugby Player Ireland Five Nations Championship: 1 Winners 1948.