This is the first announcement of the conference "Groups in Galway meets the Irish Geometry Conference" which will take place at the National University of Ireland, Galway, from 18-20 May 2022. We are planning for this to be an in-person event (although a few lectures might be given remotely). All who are interested are invited to attend! Invited speakers: * Sahana Balasubramanya (University of Münster) * Peter Brooksbank (Bucknell University) * Marston Conder (University of Auckland) * James Cruickshank (NUI Galway) * Viveka Erlandsson (University of Bristol) * Brendan Guilfoyle (Munster Technological University) * Lee Kennard (Syracuse University) * Ilaria Mondello (Paris-East Créteil University) * Lucia Morotti (Leibniz University Hannover) * Marco Radeschi (University of Notre Dame) * Krishnan Shankar (University of Oklahoma / NSF) * Mima Stanojkovski (RWTH Aachen University / MPI for Mathematics in the Sciences Leipzig) * James B. Wilson (Colorado State University) * David Wraith (Maynooth University) For further information, please see the conference webpage: https://torossmann.github.io/ggg22 We expect to offer support to a number of participants (primarily PhD students and early-career researchers). To request support, please complete the application form on the webpage by 31 March. Hoping to see you at NUI Galway in May, John Burns, Angela Carnevale, Martin Kerin, Tobias Rossmann