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.
To the north, it is bounded by the Kenmare River[2] Baronies were created after the Norman invasion of Ireland as divisions of counties and were used the administration of justice and the raising of revenue.
It induces the town of Castletownbere and settlements of Allihies, Eyeries, Ardgroom, Adrigole, Glengarriff and Rerrin.
[3] The barony includes the whole of three civil parishes (Kilcatherine, Killaconenagh and Kilnamanagh) and part of a fourth (Kilcaskan).