Mary Rose Callaghan (born 1944, Dublin, Ireland) is a novelist and biographer.
Callaghan obtained a Bachelor of Arts in English, History, and Ethics/Politics in 1968, followed by a Diploma in Education in 1969, both from University College, Dublin.
The book is composed of monologues telling the stories of three Irishwomen from three generations, exploring marriage, adoption and pregnancy out of wedlock, and female sisterhood.
Eventually moving back to Ireland, Callaghan now lives in Bray, where she teaches and writes.
Mothers was reviewed by the New Statesman and by Library Journal; later works by Publishers Weekly, Booklist and the TLS.