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Is the sing song dying out?

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Are we at risk of losing sing songs?

Podcaster from ‘I’m grand Mam’ PJ Kirby posted a video saying that the sing song is dead! He was at a wedding, and nobody had a party piece for the end of the night…

Joining guest host Clare McKenna to discuss this is Stylist Laura Mullet and Danny McElhinney, Music Journalist with the Irish Mail on Sunday.

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