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For those that missed it, Biden made the initial slip during a speech in Dundalk in Louth earlier this week as part of his much-publicised Irish visit. He was speaking about former Ireland rugby player Rob Kearney, who is his distant cousin and was present at the speech.Kearney was part of the Ireland team that beat New Zealand in Chicago in 2016, the first time Ireland ever beat the All Blacks.
The US President appeared to momentarily mix up the All Blacks, the nickname for the New Zealand rugby union team, with the Black and Tans, who were constables recruited into the Royal Irish Constabulary from the UK as reinforcements during the Irish War of Independence. "See this tie I have? This shamrock tie? It was given to me by one of these guys right here," Biden said, referring to Kearney.The American president said that his distant cousin is a"hell of a rugby player, who beat the hell out of the Black and Tans."
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