Mervyn Wall (28 August 1908 – 19 May 1997) was an Irish writer and public servant, best known for two satirical fantasy novels about a monk named Fursey.

[2] He worked in the public service from 1934 to 1975: as a civil servant from 1934 to 1948; for Radio Éireann from 1948 to 1957; and as Secretary of the Arts Council from 1957 to 1975.

His wife, music critic Fanny Feehan, died eight months previously.

[5] Wall published novels, short stories and plays, and wrote for a short-lived literary magazine, Ireland Today.

E. F. Bleiler in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction described The Unfortunate Fursey as "a landmark book in the history of fantasy".