The man credited with first writing down the phrase 'The United States of America' has been honoured on the Cork street where he was born nearly three centuries ago. Stephen Moylan was born on Blarney St in 1737, the son of a well-off Catholic merchant on Shandon. The Taoiseach said Stephen Moylan was an early example and reminder of the significant contribution of the Irish diaspora to the United States. Picture: Eddie O'HareThe Lord Mayor said Stephen Moylan was “a beacon of the enduring transatlantic friendship between Ireland and America. Morgan O’Sullivan, of Irish America 250, said Stephen Moylan was remembered as a true patriot, “from his fighting for American independence, to his coining of the phrase the ‘United States of America’.”

Source: Irish Examiner February 10, 2026 12:09 UTC