Name: Micheal Lally
Location: Castlegar
Best thing about Galway: Carefree attitude.
Worst thing about Galway: Roundabouts.
Originally from Fairhill in the Claddagh, Micheal Lally will be remembered by many who grew up in the city from behind the counter of his father's shop. But this softly spoken sexagenarian amounts to more than the sum of the parts he has played throughout his varied life.

Name: Jimmy Norman
Occupation: DJ, Galway Bay FM
Location: Corrundulla
Favourite thing about Galway: It still feels like a small town and everybody knows everybody.
Worst thing about Galway: There is no joined-up thinking in relation to planning and no accountability.
Radio fans all over Galway know Jimmy Norman for his effervescent lunchtime show on Galway Bay FM, but now he is taking on a new challenge by hitting the airwaves a few hours earlier and heading up the new breakfast show.

Name: Tom Cussen
Location: Clarinbridge
Occupation: Musician and banjo maker
Favourite thing about Galway: It is very vibrant with a mixture of different people.
Worst thing about Galway: Some of the buildings constructed in the 80s are out of character with the city, particularly in the Spanish Arch area.

Name: Maeve Mulrennan
Occupation: Chairperson, Tulca Season of Visual Art
Location: Merchant’s Road
Worst thing about Galway: I honestly can’t think of anything bad about the place, other than the rain!
Favourite thing about Galway: That there are so many fantastic, artistic people concentrated in such a beautiful place.

Name: Patricia Burke Brogan
Location: College Road
Occupation: Author, Poet and Visual Artist
Favourite thing about Galway: Where the River Corrib meets the sea; it's extraordinary
Worst thing about Galway: All the cement and overdevelopment

Name: Maria Moynihan Lee
Location: Fort Lorenzo
Occupation: Festival Director, Let's Do It Galway
Favourite thing about Galway: The people and the atmosphere
Worst thing about Galway: I can't think of anything! I'm Galway's biggest fan!

Name: Michael Harty
Location: Kilconly
Occupation: Managing Director, Harty International Transport and HBF Biofuels
Favourite thing about Galway: Connemara, Irish dancing and the culture
Worst thing about Galway: Traffic, especially in Claregalway

Name: Juliet Bresson
Occupation: doctor and novelist
Location: Dublin but previously Clybaun
Best thing about Galway: the seaside
Worst thing about Galway: the rain and the cold

Name: Suleiman Ali
Occupation: Student
Location: Newcastle
Favourite thing about Galway: The people and the atmosphere.
Worst thing about Galway: It's always raining.

Name: Mandy Maher
Occupation: Owner and Director, Catwalk Model Agency
Location: Kinvara
Favourite thing about Galway: It's such a friendly environment
Worst thing about Galway: Traffic!