Country bearing anger (4)

I believe the answer is:

eire

'country' is the definition.
(Eire is an example)

'bearing anger' is the wordplay.
'bearing' becomes 'e' (**).
'anger' becomes 'ire' ('ire' can be a synonym of 'anger').
'e'+'ire'='EIRE'

(Other definitions for eire that I've seen before include "Official name of the Irish Republic, 1937-49" , "Breakaway state" , "Southern Ireland" , "Republic across the water" , "Gaelic name for Republic of Ireland" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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