This August 1909 newspaper clipping documents the real-life case of Annie McIntyre, an elderly Donegal woman applying for an old-age pension. Under the Old-Age Pensions Act of 1908, applicants needed to prove they were at least 70 years old. Because mandatory civil birth registration in Ireland did not begin until 1864, official records were non-existent. The Limavady pension committee accepted her vivid, historically benchmarked memory of being targeted by fairies on Hallowe'en Night in 1839 as valid proof of age and granted her the pension.