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M. J. ‘Inky’ Flaherty (27 September 1917 – 20 May 1992) was an Irish sportsperson. He played inter-county hurling for Galway from 1936 to 1953 and was a noted boxer. Flaherty trained the Galway hurling team in the 1950s and again in the 1970s leading the side to league success in 1975. Starting out playing hurling for his beloved Liam Mellows Flaherty went on to spend most of his inter-club days representing Ballinasloe in both hurling and Gaelic football.