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a word from orla…

Hello. I’m Orla Neligan. I’m an Irish girl, obsessed with all things creative – a writer, a stylist, a sometime photographer. I’ve spent the last 20 years as a creative director, stylist and journalist doing what I love with some of Ireland’s biggest brands, celebrities and corporate clients as well as smaller producers and businesses. I have a wide range of experience in advertising, content creation, branding, video production, publishing and editorial and love telling visual stories. I write copy and love it, too.

I have had the pleasure of working on over 30 cookbooks with some of Ireland’s leading chefs as well as brilliant photographers that include Joanne Murphy, Lili Forberg, Katie Quinn, Liosa MacNamara, Leo Byrne, Doreen Kilfeather, Rob Kerkvliet and Neil Hurley among others, across a wide range of projects from interiors and beauty to lifestyle and food. I always aim to show natural beauty with an eye on style, innovation and a strong sense of aesthetics to create content and images that are beautiful, evocative and inspiring. If I’m not pouring over magazines, nose-deep in a list, or writing to a deadline, I’m usually eating something I shouldn’t, scouring a flea market or doing my best to juggle the career that I love with being a mum to Martha, Ruby and Flynn.

You can see behind the scenes of my work here.

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