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12 Mar 2021
A priest in Ireland accidentally incorporated the work of a grime artist into a mass live-streamed from Kincasslagh and Burtonport parish in County Donegal. In his opening blessing, Father Pat Ward played the song by the artist Black the Ripper. On realising his error he said: “Black the Ripper . A wee bit of rap in the morning, wakes you up. I hope that didn’t do anybody’s blood pressure any difficulty there.”
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Donegal priest accidentally blares grime tune at the start of his live-stream mass
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A priest in Donegal has gone viral after he blared out grime music during a livestream of mass.
Mass at Kincasslagh Parish took an unusual turn when the track was played out over the church speakers, Independent.ie reports.
In the video, Father Pat Ward begins the mass and almost immediately, you can hear the music of Black the Ripper’s Young Prophet start to play.
Father Pat giggles a little before joking:
“A bit of rap in the morning wakes you up.”