Bear (barony)

Bear (or Bere; Irish: Béarra^[1]) is a barony in the most westerly part of County Cork, Ireland. It comprises approximately two thirds of the Beara peninsula from the western tip along the whole northern shore part of Bantry bay to Glengariff. The remaining third to the north-east is the neighbouring barony of Glanarought in County Kerry. The barony's only other neighbour is that of Bantry to the east. To the north, it is bounded by the Kenmare River^[2]

^ "Bear". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
^ "Bere". The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland: Adapted to the New Poor-law, Franchise, Municipal and Ecclesiastical Arrangements, and Compiled with a Special Reference to the Lines of Railroad and Canal Communication as Existing in 1843-44; Illustrated by a Series of Maps, and Other Plates; and Presenting the Results, in Detail, of the Census of 1841, Compared with that of 1831. Vol. 1: A-C. A. Fullarton. 1846. pp. 250–1.

[logainmBase-1] "Bear". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 28 March 2014.

[parlgaz1846-2] "Bere". The Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland: Adapted to the New Poor-law, Franchise, Municipal and Ecclesiastical Arrangements, and Compiled with a Special Reference to the Lines of Railroad and Canal Communication as Existing in 1843-44; Illustrated by a Series of Maps, and Other Plates; and Presenting the Results, in Detail, of the Census of 1841, Compared with that of 1831. Vol. 1: A-C. A. Fullarton. 1846. pp. 250–1.

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