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History 119 Michael Noyk, Irish Republicans’ defence lawyer, signed portrait. A black and white photograph of a painting of Michael Noyk signed in black ink to the lower margin by the sitter. Michael Noyk (1884-1966) was a solicitor and Irish republican politician. Noyk was born in Telšiai, Lithuania, the son of Isaac Noyk and Esther Chana Raivid. The family emigrated when Michael was one year old. He was educated at the High School and entered Trinity College Dublin as a sizar in Hebrew before winning a classics scholarship and graduating in 1907. Shortly afterwards he worked as a solicitor. Noyk befriended Arthur Griffith and through him, he became highly sympathetic to the cause of Irish republicanism. He was Griffith’s personal solicitor until his death. He joined Sinn Féin shortly after the Easter Rising and was responsible for defending a number of Irish Republican Army prisoners including Sean MacEoin, Thomas Whelan, Patrick Moran, James Boyce and Frank Teeling. In the 1917 Clare East by-election he was a prominent worker for Éamon de Valera, and in the 1918 general election he was the election agent for Constance Markievicz and Seán T. O’Kelly. During the Irish War of Independence Noyk was a high-level official and adviser with the Department of Finance which was then headed by Michael Collins. Noyk also participated in Dáil Courts held in Dublin. He was responsible for the procurement of offices at 22 Mary Street in Dublin where the First Dáil’s Department of Finance was located during the War of Independence. He married Mabel Stein with whom he had four children, and lived for many years on Wellington Road, Dublin. He died in London on the 22 October 1966. He was given a full military funeral by the IRA’s Dublin Brigade. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£130) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 119 120 1919 Photograph of the first Dail, the property of two attendees, and Minutes of Proceedings of the First Dail. The photograph showing Cathal Brugha delivering his declaration to the nations of the world; together with Minutes of Proceedings of the First Parliament of the Republic of Ireland, 1919-1921, The Stationary Office, Dublin, 8vo, green cloth gilt; and Swift MacNeill, JG, MA. The Irish Parliament: What it Was andWhat it Did. Sassell and Co. London, 1886, 12mo, red cloth. (3) Provenance The property of sisters Kathleen (Kit) Barry-Walsh and Genevieve Read who are shown in the photograph seated in the gallery in front of the last window on the right. By descent to the current owner. The Barry-Walsh sisters were from Kilmallock, Co. Limerick. Their father Stephen was secretary of the local IRB and in 1867 was convicted of providing parafin to the Fenians to burn down the local RIC barracks. Estimate €150-€200 (approx £130-£180) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 120