Donal Hanley was educated at Killina National School Carbury Co. Kildare, Scoil Mhuire Secondary School Clane. Donal has one brother Peter, two sisters Teresa and Ann, his mum Maura and his partner Priya. He wrote a poem for his local club Carbury entitled "The Famous Blue and Gold" in 2009. He also wrote a poem for his County Team Kildare entitled "The Famed Lilywhites" which appeared in the Kildare GAA book 2011. This book is dedicated to his father Vincent who introduced him to GAA in his childhood. It gives you an insight into history, stories, poetry and facts of the GAA. So sit back and see it for yourself as we take you through a journey not done before in his first publication, Four Provinces and Beyond.