Claire McCarroll
claireul2025.bsky.social
Claire McCarroll
@claireul2025.bsky.social
Tour Guide Extraordinaire:
Europe is my lecture hall
Versailles is my homebase
Public History is my jam
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Hi, I'm @claireul2025.bsky.social, a Paris-based tour guide and part-time UL Public History MA student.

Yesterday we got TIARA-BLE news from the #Louvre.

Inspired by the headlines, let’s look at the greatest #HeistHistories during my week-long student takeover #HI6171 📸: Louvre
October 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Today let's explore the #HeistHistories surrounding the 1911 theft of the #MonaLisa. For anyone who's visited the #Louvre and joined the Mona mosh pit, it's hard to believe she was once unpopular, and that it was the very act of being stolen that transformed her into a pop culture icon. TBC 👇#HI6171
a painting of a woman making a funny face and giving the middle finger
Alt: a painting of a woman making a funny face and raising her index finger to argue
media.tenor.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Do you remember where you were when you heard about the #NorthernBankHeist? Tell me about it 👇#HI6171 #Heist #Ireland #PublicHistory #HeistHistories📷: Freepik.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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Northern Ireland, 2004. Just six sleeps until Christmas. Late in the evening, two separate households hear knocks at their doors, but it’s not carolers who await. It’s armed men, arriving to take the families of bank employees hostage.

So begins the intense story of the #NorthernBankHeist.
#HI6171
an aerial view of a bank with a dollar sign on the top
ALT: an aerial view of a bank with a dollar sign on the top
media.tenor.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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Love this. The world needs more nice. Needs more Canada.
October 22, 2025 at 10:34 AM