Wild Geese

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  • an expatriate of the Irish Army
  • Flight of the Wild Geese - refers to the departure of an Irish army under the command of Patrick Sarsfield from Ireland to France, as agreed in the Treaty of Limerick on October 3, 1691, following the Williamite war in Ireland with the Jacobites.