Christy O'Leary's primary musical influences have been the traditional music and singing of Kerry and West Cork which he heard all around him while growing up in Ireland. He was taught the pipes by the late Michael O'Riabhaigh at the Cork Piper's Club and has been performing professionally since the age of 12 – initially with his older brother, Tim, whose musical tastes greatly influenced him at that time. Christy's distinctive, lyrical and traditional style of singing and playing has graced two of the best-known bands playing traditional Irish music today – De Danann, with whom he toured in the early 1980s, and the celebrated Irish/Scottish band Boys of the Lough, of which he's been a member since 1985. Since the Boys are based in Edinburgh, Christy has been living there for a number of years. Having married a Swede in 1992 he now divides his time between Sweden and Scotland, with occasional forays to Kenmare - thus the title The Northern Bridge, an apt description of Christy's professional and personal journey.

The Trip Over the Mountain * Norwegian Wedding March-Slangpolska efter Lungstrom * The Banks of Sullane * O'Keef's-I'd Rather be Married than Left Alone-Bill the Weaver * Young Reilly the Fisherman * Peigin Leitir Mor (Pegeen of Lettermore) * Rocking the Cradle-The Chestnut Tree * Moorlough Mary * Summer Waltz * Bellman's Polka * Jimmy Mo Mhile Stor (Jimm My Thoousand Treasures) * The Groves of Donaghmore