was a
Fictional Character in the popular
BBC Soap Opera ''
EastEnders ''. He was played by
Sean Gleeson .
He first appeared in
1997 when his aunt
Pauline Fowler tracked him and his mum
Maggie Flaherty down in
Ireland after she discovered Maggie was the sister she had never known about.
Conor also had a daughter,
Mary Flaherty , from his first marriage but he never got on with her.
When Mary decided she wanted to move to to
Walford with Pauline, Conor also followed her to Walford. In Walford he worked as a
Mechanic for
Phil Mitchell and as a loan shark 'heavy' for
Annie Palmer . He tried to compete for Annie's affections along with
Phil Mitchell but Annie wasn't interested.
He then fell for his cousin
Mark Fowler 's wife
Ruth after her marriage to Mark was falling apart. Eventually Conor had an affair with Ruth leading to Ruth becoming pregnant with his child.
After Ruth left Mark, she and Conor decided to move to
Scotland for a new life, so they left Walford in February
1999 .
- Father: '' Sean Flaherty ''
- Mother: '' Maggie Flaherty ''
- Grandfather: ''Albert Beale'' (deceased)
- Grandmother: '' Lou Beale '' (deceased)
- Daughter: '' Mary Flaherty ''
- Brothers: '' Eamonn Flaherty '', ''John Flaherty''
- Niece: '' Colette Flaherty ''
- Nephew: '' Eamonn Flaherty Jr. ''
- Sister-in-law: '' Brenda Flaherty ''
- Uncles: '' Pete Beale '' (deceased), '' Kenny Beale '', ''Ronnie Beale'' (deceased)
- Aunts: '' Pauline Fowler '', ''Maureen Beale'' (deceased)
- Cousins: '' Mark Fowler '' (deceased), '' Michelle Fowler '', '' Martin Fowler '', '' Ian Beale '', '' David Wicks '', '' Elizabeth Beale '', '' Simon Wicks ''
- First cousins once removed: '' Vicki Fowler '', ''Mark Fowler Jr.'', '' Rebecca Miller '', '' Peter Beale '', '' Lucy Beale '', '' Bobby Beale '', '' Bianca Jackson '', '' Joe Wicks '', ''Karen Wicks'' (deceased), '' Steven Beale ''
- Second cousin: '' Liam Butcher ''