Donal "Donie" Kingston is a Gaelic football

Gaelic football

Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland...

 player from Laois in Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

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He was educated in Knockbeg College, Co. Carlow and won a sports scholarship to University College Dublin

University College Dublin

University College Dublin ) - formally known as University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin is the Republic of Ireland's largest, and Ireland's second largest, university, with over 1,300 faculty and 17,000 students...

 in 2009. Donal usually plays in attack for the Laois county football team

Laois GAA

The Laois County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or Laois GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Laois and the Laois inter-county teams.-History:...

 and in 2007 was part of the Laois teams that won the Leinster Minor Football Championship

Leinster Minor Football Championship

The Leinster Minor Football Championship is a Gaelic football "knockout" competition played in the province of Leinster in Ireland. The series of games are organised by the Leinster Council. Each county in the province fields a team in the competition. The term "minor" is given to players who are...

 and Leinster U21 Football Championship.

In 2008, he was called on to the Laois senior squad by manager Liam Kearns

Liam Kearns

Liam Kearns is the former manager of the Limerick and Laois gaelic football teams.Tralee man Kearns, whose mother is from Laois, was appointed as Mick O'Dwyer’s successor in September 2006. He previously managed Limerick for six years and helped to raise the county’s profile in that time...

and made his championship debut in 2008 in a qualifier win over Longford.