, ▁Glen ▁of ▁I ma al ▁Ter riers ▁were ▁also ▁used ▁as ▁turn sp it ▁dogs ▁to ▁turn ▁meat ▁over ▁fires ▁for ▁cook ing . ▁Ev idence ▁for ▁this ▁is ▁scar ce , ▁and ▁eng rav ings ▁of ▁such ▁dogs ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁do ▁not ▁bear ▁much ▁res embl ance ▁to ▁today ' s ▁Glen . ▁It ▁is , ▁however , ▁repeated ▁in ▁many ▁descri ptions ▁of ▁the ▁bre ed ▁and ▁often ▁used ▁in ▁color ▁comment ary ▁by ▁dog ▁show ▁announ cers . ▁ ▁The ▁bre ed ▁almost ▁died ▁out ▁before ▁being ▁rev ived ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁tw enti eth ▁century ▁by ▁bre ed ers ▁in ▁its ▁hom eland . ▁P addy ▁B ren nan ▁T in ah ely ▁Co ▁W ick low , ▁and ▁Will ie ▁K ane ▁Ti pper ary ▁are ▁recogn ised ▁as ▁two ▁bre ed ers ▁that ▁rev ived ▁the ▁bre ed . ▁Today , ▁the ▁Glen ▁of ▁I ma al ▁Ter rier ▁is ▁still ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁r ar est ▁bre eds ▁of ▁dog ▁( in ▁the ▁US , ▁living ▁registered ▁animals ▁number ▁in ▁the ▁hundreds ) ▁and ▁the ▁least - known ▁Irish ▁ter rier ▁bre ed . ▁It ▁is ▁considered ▁a ▁vulner able ▁native ▁bre ed ▁by ▁the ▁UK ' s ▁Kenn el ▁Club , ▁which ▁tracks ▁bre eds ▁in ▁which ▁fewer ▁than ▁ 3 0 0 ▁pu pp ies ▁are ▁registered ▁each ▁year . ▁ ▁App earance ▁ ▁A ▁" big ▁dog ▁on ▁short ▁legs ," ▁the ▁Glen ▁of ▁I ma al