Orlagh O’Farrell is from south County Dublin.

Her poems have been published in magazines such as Cork Literary Review, Cork Literary Review Special Edition, Crannóg, Longford Virtual Writer, Words On the Wave, Ropes, The North, and Strix.

She was shortlisted in the Cork Literary Competition, Clogh Writers Competition, South Tipperary Writers Competition,  Words on the Wave Competition, and was runner up in the Annie Deeny competition.

She won second prize in the Strokestown International Poetry Competition 2008. She was longlisted for the UK National Poetry Competition 2013 and the Fish Poetry Prize 2016.

She studied at the University of South Wales under the direction of the poet Philip Gross. She is working towards her first collection.

She is a founding member of Airfield Writers group in Dundrum, Dublin which meets weekly.

She was a Member of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission 2014 -2019, and was the Irish member on the EU Anti-discrimination Legal Experts Network 2007 – 2016.