Maureen Wall (née McGeehin, 1918 – June 1972) was an Irish historian with a focus on the 18th century.
[1] Born Maureen McGeehin in County Donegal, Wall became the leading authority on Irish history in the 18th century.
In 1944 Wall contracted TB which meant she spent significant time in hospitals in Dún Laoghaire and Switzerland.
[3] She married in 1954 and through her thesis supervisor had taken a position in the Irish History department.
She launched the Dublin Historical Association pamphlets in 1961 with her work on the Penal Laws.