The US president made the slip during a speech in the Windsor pub in Dundalk on Wednesday night on the first day of his three-day visit to Ireland.

Biden was thanking Rob Kearney, a distant cousin who played in an Irish rugby team that beat New Zealand, for the tie he was wearing. “This was given to me by one of these guys, right here. He was a hell of a rugby player. He beat the hell out of the Black and Tans.” …

An official transcript of the remarks released on Thursday crossed out “Black and Tans” and inserted “All Blacks” instead.

[Yeah, that’s some great “foreign policy instincts” right there. — Ed]