From Boom to Bust to Flight

摘要

In 1691, more than 20,000 Irish soldiers set sail for continental Europe, never to return. Unable as Catholics to secure positions in the English army, they left to fight in the Irish regiments of the armies of France, Spain and Austria, and were immortalised in Irish legend as the Wild Geese. Nowadays, every Friday edition of The Irish Times includes a 'Wild Geese' interview with Irish business leaders abroad. Much like music and poetry for three hundred years, these interviews aim to highlight and applaud Irish successes abroad, as well as maintain a link between Ireland and its displaced children.