All Dog Breeds >>History of Glen of Imaal Terrier
The Glen of Imaal Terrier (often shortened to just "Glen") is a breed of dog of the terrier category. It originates in the Glen of Imaal in County Wicklow, Ireland. The breed was developed as a working terrier, proficient in badger drawing and fox hunting. When Elizabeth I was having problems of civil unrest in Ireland, she hired French and Hessian soldiers to go and solve the problem; they settled in the Wicklow area in the Glen of Imaal. They brought with them their low-slung hounds, which they bred with the Irish terrier stock, developing the Glen of Imaal Terrier as a general working dog, used for herding and eradicating vermin, fox and badger. Some descriptions of the breed claim that it was once used to turn spits of meat for cooking.