The majority of older tune titles *do* mean something, because dance tunes were commonly derived from songs, or the titles reference specific people, places and events. This is true of almost all the Scottish repertoire (as in Kerr's, say) and certainly a large part of the Irish one (as in O'Neill's).

Quite why the 19th century Irish had such an obsession with geese I have no idea. But I'd be surprised if there were no traceable story behind this one.