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Wild Geese
Wild Geese may refer to: Animals * Geese ** Greylag geese, specifically Literature * ''Wild Geese'' (novel), a 1925 Canadian novel by Martha Ostenso * ''The Wild Geese'' (Carney novel), a 1978 novel by Daniel Carney * ''The Wild Geese'' (Mori novel), a 1911 Japanese novel by Ōgai Mori * '' The Temple of the Wild Geese'', a 1961 Japanese novella by Tsutomu Mizukami * ''Wild Geese'', a 1986 poem by Mary Oliver Film and videos * ''Wild Geese'' (film), a 1927 silent film based on the novel by Ostenso * ''The Wild Geese'' (1953 film), a Japanese film based on the novel by Mori Ogai * ''The Temple of Wild Geese'', a 1962 Japanese film directed by Yūzō Kawashima * ''The Wild Geese'', a 1978 British mercenary war film based on Carney's novel ** '' Wild Geese II'', a 1985 sequel to the above * '' Code Name: Wild Geese'', a 1980 Italian mercenary war film * ''Wild Geese'' (video ballad), a 2006 English video ballad Sports * Wild Geese GAA, an Irish Gaelic Athletic Association c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wild Geese (Carney Novel)
''The Wild Geese'' is a 1978 novel by Rhodesian author Daniel Carney published by Bantam Books. He originally titled it ''The Thin White Line'', but it went unpublished until its film adaptation '' The Wild Geese'' was made. Carney could not get his novel published until a chance meeting with film producer Euan Lloyd. Lloyd loved the story, about mercenaries in Africa on a mission to rescue a deposed leader, and purchased the rights to adapt it into a film. Carney in return asked for his novel to be published and Lloyd agreed, as he had already had an offer from an American publisher when he had first taken the novel to Hollywood. The novel was finally published as ''The Wild Geese'' just before the film's release. The story May 1968 Deposed Congolese President Julius Limbani is on a flight to Israel, when his bodyguard is murdered. The CIA have hijacked the plane as part of a Cold War deal with current Congo president General Ndofa. Waiting in the Tel Aviv airport for Limb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Irish Wild Geese
London Irish Amateur Rugby Football Club, also known as London Irish Wild Geese, is an amateur English rugby union club based in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, who play their rugby in Regional 2 Thames – a league at tier 6 of the English rugby union system – following their relegation from London & South East Premier at the end of the 2019–20 season. They are the amateur team of London Irish and play at Hazelwood. History The creation of London Irish Amateur was first discussed in 1995 when rugby union became professional and London Irish set aside resources for the creation of an amateur team. The club was founded in September 1999 after London Irish left The Avenue to play at the Twickenham Stoop before moving to Madejski Stadium in Reading the following year. It was formed to be the feeder club for senior and junior amateur players to then go on to play for London Irish, who until the end of the 2015–16 season played in the English Premiership. A few players such as J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geese
A goose ( : geese) is a bird of any of several waterfowl species in the family Anatidae. This group comprises the genera ''Anser'' (the grey geese and white geese) and '' Branta'' (the black geese). Some other birds, mostly related to the shelducks, have "goose" as part of their names. More distantly related members of the family Anatidae are swans, most of which are larger than true geese, and ducks, which are smaller. The term "goose" may refer to either a male or female bird, but when paired with "gander", refers specifically to a female one (the latter referring to a male). Young birds before fledging are called goslings. The collective noun for a group of geese on the ground is a gaggle; when in flight, they are called a skein, a team, or a wedge; when flying close together, they are called a plump. Etymology The word "goose" is a direct descendant of,''*ghans-''. In Germanic languages, the root gave Old English ''gōs'' with the plural ''gēs'' and ''gandres'' (beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Geese
Wild Geese may refer to: Animals * Geese ** Greylag geese, specifically Literature * ''Wild Geese'' (novel), a 1925 Canadian novel by Martha Ostenso * ''The Wild Geese'' (Carney novel), a 1978 novel by Daniel Carney * ''The Wild Geese'' (Mori novel), a 1911 Japanese novel written by Mori Ogai * ''Wild Geese'', a 1986 poem by Mary Oliver Film and videos * ''Wild Geese'' (film), a 1927 silent film based on the novel by Ostenso * ''The Wild Geese'' (1953 film), a Japanese film based on the novel by Mori Ogai * ''The Wild Geese'', a 1978 British mercenary war film based on Carney's novel ** ''Wild Geese II'', a 1985 sequel to the above * '' Code Name: Wild Geese'', a 1980 Italian mercenary war film * ''Wild Geese'' (video ballad), a 2006 English video ballad Sports * Wild Geese GAA, an Irish Gaelic Athletic Association club * London Irish Wild Geese, a nickname of the London Irish Amateur rugby team * Wild Geese GFC, an Irish GAA club formed in Southern California Other * Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Encyclopedia (album)
''Encyclopedia'' is the third studio album of American indie pop band The Drums. It was released on September 23, 2014, by Minor Records. It was the first album of the band released by Jonny Pierce and Jacob Graham as a duo. Background Prior to the release of the band's second album ''Portamento'', it was announced that guitarist Adam Kessler had left The Drums and that many “shouting matches” had occurred between its members, which nearly caused a break-up. During the band's 2012 tour, former drummer and guitarist, Connor Hanwick, left the band. The Drums was then put on a hold, and both Jonny Pierce and Jacob Graham focused on their side projects. On one side, Pierce announced that he would start a solo career; in November 2012 he released his first solo track "I Didn't Realise" and announced that he would be releasing his first solo album in 2013. Jacob Graham also started working on his side project Cascading Slopes, releasing their first album ''Towards a Quaker View of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Geese (song)
Wildgänse rauschen durch die Nacht (''Wild geese rush through the night'') is a war poem by Walter Flex. It was published in 1917 in his poem book Im Felde zwischen Nacht und Tag (''In the (battle) field between day and night''). The poem was also included in his 1916 novel Der Wanderer zwischen beiden Welten (''The Wanderer Between Two Worlds''). The lyrics achieved popularity through a musical adaptation written by Robert Götz. Götz's melody existed as early as 1916 but Wild Geese was widely sung by members of the Wandervogel movement / Bündische Jugend society during the late 1920s. It is also sung in the Austrian, German and French army. Creation The date of creation of the lyrics are unknown. The inspiration for the poem is described in his memoirs ''The Wanderer Between Two Worlds'': : " ��I was a volunteer as a hundred nights earlier now lying on the forest clearing plowed by grenades and serving as listening post to stare into the flickering light of the stormy ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Geese (soldiers)
The Flight of the Wild Geese was the departure of an Irish Jacobite army under the command of Patrick Sarsfield from Ireland to France, as agreed in the Treaty of Limerick on 3 October 1691, following the end of the Williamite War in Ireland. More broadly, the term Wild Geese is used in Irish history to refer to Irish soldiers who left to serve in continental European armies in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. An earlier exodus in 1690, during the same war, had formed the French Irish Brigade, who are sometimes misdescribed as Wild Geese. By country Spanish service The first Irish troops to serve as a unit for a continental power formed an Irish regiment in the Spanish Army of Flanders in the Eighty Years' War in the 1590s. The regiment had been raised by an English Catholic, William Stanley, in Ireland from native Irish soldiers and mercenaries, whom the English authorities wanted out of the country. (See also Tudor conquest of Ireland). Stanley was given a commission by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Gaelic Games Clubs Outside Ireland
This is a list of Gaelic games clubs across the world outside Ireland, organised by the club's associated county (the name for a unit in which a club is grouped). Gaelic games clubs exist on every continent. Common abbreviations used in club names are: * CC: Camogie Club or Cumann Camogaíochta * CLG: Cumann Lútchleas Gael (Gaelic Athletic Club, or Gaelic Athletic Association) * CPG: Cumann Peile Gaelach (Gaelic Football Club) * GAA: Gaelic Athletic Association (now often used for individual clubs) * GAC: Gaelic Athletic Club (often denotes that more than one sport is played) * GFC: Gaelic Football Club * HC: Hurling Club * HCC: Hurling and Camogie Club * LGFC: Ladies' Gaelic Football Club Africa South Africa * SA Gaels * Zulu Gaels Uganda * Uganda GAA Asia Myanmar * The Celts (Myanmar Celts Gaelic Sports Association) * Cairde Khmer GAA China * Beijing GAA * Dalian Wolfhounds * Lantau Warriors * Shanghai GAA, China * Shenzhen Celts, China * Suzhou Éire Óg * Hong Kong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Geese GAA
Wild Geese ( Irish: ''Na Géanna Fiáine CLG'' ) are a GAA club based in Oldtown, Fingal. They currently field a single junior football, two junior hurling and previously a ladies football team. At juvenile level they field at hurling only with teams at Under 9, 10, 12, 14 and 16. In Los Angeles there is a Gaelic football club who also go by the same name and at Lakenheath U.S. air force base there is a hurling club also called Wild Geese. History The club was established in 1888 by Patrick Archer making it one of the oldest in Dublin. Other GAA clubs in the surrounding area at the time would have been the Garristown Liberators and Magh go Bragh of Naul. The club in Oldtown was called Wild Geese to commemorate those Irish who had travelled abroad to serve in the militaries of other countries. Royal Irish Constabulary records show that the club had 40 members in 1889 and 1890 meeting in Oldtown and Ballyboghill. P. Mahon was secretary and treasurer at the time and E. Gorman was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Geese (video Ballad)
{{primary sources, date=January 2012 Banner Theatre is a community theatre company based in Birmingham, England. The theatre was founded in 1974. History Founded in 1974, the theatre works with marginalized and disadvantaged communities using a combination of documentary theatre, music and recorded voices. The aim of the company is to create issue-led productions based on real-life experiences and in support of disenfranchised sections of society, performing to community and trade union audiences in pubs, clubs and community centres and at rallies, festivals and conferences. A founder member of the company was former BBC radio producer Charles Parker, who with Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger, created the radio ballads, award-winning musical documentaries broadcast by the BBC in the 1960s and now available via Listen Again on thBBC Radio 2 website These have been a major influence on Banner's work and have recently informed development of a new form, the 'video ballad'. Anothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wild Geese
''The Wild Geese'' is a 1978 war film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and starring Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, and Hardy Krüger. The screenplay concerns a group of mercenaries in Africa. It was the result of a long-held ambition of its producer Euan Lloyd to make an all-star adventure film similar to '' The Guns of Navarone'' or '' Where Eagles Dare''. The producer and director would later make '' The Sea Wolves'' starring several cast members from this film. The screenplay by Reginald Rose was based on an unpublished novel titled ''The Thin White Line'' by Daniel Carney. The film was named ''The Wild Geese'' after the Wild Goose flag and shoulder patch used by Michael "Mad Mike" Hoare's Five Commando, ANC, which in turn was inspired by a 17th-century Irish mercenary army (see Flight of the Wild Geese). Carney's novel was subsequently published by Corgi Books under the same title as the film. The novel was based upon rumours and speculation following the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Geese II
''Wild Geese II'' is a 1985 British action-thriller film directed by Peter Hunt, based on the 1982 novel '' The Square Circle'' by Daniel Carney, in which a group of mercenaries are hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison in Berlin. The film is a sequel to the 1978 film ''The Wild Geese'', which was also produced by Euan Lloyd and adapted from a novel by Carney. Richard Burton, who starred in the first film as Colonel Allen Faulkner, was planning to reprise his role, but died days before filming began, Faulkner is replaced by his brother played by Edward Fox as one of the mercenaries. No characters from the original are featured in the sequel. Plot ;Africa, 1977 Veteran mercenary Allen Faulkner trains and then leads a group of 50 hired soldiers in an attempt to rescue deposed President Julius Limbani. After initially being successful the mission begins to fall apart; double-crossed and caught in the open, Faulkner's men are strafed and napalmed by an enemy plane. With wha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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