This something I copied out of the old mags many years ago and it's been copied here many times. Might be of interest to those seeking opinions on the Irish terriers.
An article by John Glover in "The Working Terrier and Running Dog" from October 1990 In County Wicklow, Ireland, there is a glen, many years ago the hunters or terriermen, call them what you will, would go “a badgering”, a term they used to describe their terriers work, this is the story of the dog they used. Way back in the mists of time, a terrier little known outside of it’s native Eire was sent forth into the blackness