‘Reckless’ guitar solo stunt on waterfall hits bum note

The actions of a mystery guitarist, who performed a 30 minute-long solo on a small rocky outcrop in the centre of the Ennistymon cascades, have been termed “reckless”.

Clare County Council’s water safety officer, Liam Griffin, yesterday appealed to members of the public not to copy the bizarre incident, which he said could have led to a fatality.

The incident took place on a rocky crag in the centre of the cascades, beside the Falls Hotel, earlier this month.

A man was seen to enter the cascades underneath the bridge in Ennistymon and play a guitar solo in the centre of the Inagh River. The river was in full flow at the time, with large volumes of water flowing quickly over the mini-cliffs of the cascades and salmon weir.

A photograph of the guitarist was released on social media this week, prompting Clare’s Water Safety Office to issue a warning.

“This behaviour is both reckless and highly dangerous. I would appeal to the public not to imitate these acts as repeat acts of this nature will lead to a fatality,” said Mr Griffin yesterday.

The guitarist has been identified as a member of Clare band Los Paddys de Los Pampas who intend to use the footage for a music video. Band spokesperson, Paddy Mulcahy, declined to identify the band member who performed the solo adding: “I can understand him [Mr Griffin] not wanting to encourage folks to play on the waterfall but what we did was perfectly safe.”