Ryan McGivern (born 8 January 1990) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays for NIFL Premiership club Newry City.

He joined hometown club Newry City in June 2021 and helped them win the NIFL Championship title in the 2021–22 season and the Mid-Ulster Cup in 2023.

On 25 October 2008, McGivern joined Morecambe on loan; "Shrimps" manager Sammy McIlroy stated that "I have seen Ryan play a few times and been very impressed by what I've seen".

McGivern was promoted to Manchester City's first-team squad for their Premier League game versus Fulham on 12 April 2009 and was an unused substitute.

[10] He played a total of twelve league games for Leicester but was not selected for the Championship play-off semi-finals, which they lost to Cardiff City.

[13] He was a regular in the first-team before losing his place after getting sent off for a "reckless two-footed challenge" during a 1–1 draw with Fleetwood Town in the FA Cup on 6 November.

[17] He provided an assist for Jonathan Parr on his home debut for Dougie Freedman's "Eagles" at Selhurst Park, in a 2–0 victory over Burnley on 13 August.

[19] He made his debut for Derek McInnes's "Robins" on 10 September, in a 1–0 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion at Ashton Gate Stadium.

[30] He was out of the first-team picture in the first two months of the 2015–16 season before he returned to the starting eleven due to injuries to Ryan Inniss and Remie Streete.

[32] McGivern signed with League One side Shrewsbury Town in June 2016, along with former Port Vale teammates A-Jay Leitch-Smith and Louis Dodds.

He was recalled to the side by new manager Paul Hurst as Shrewsbury kept back-to-back clean sheets in 0−0 draws against former club Port Vale and Fleetwood Town, but a shoulder injury picked up in the next match, a 1−0 victory away at Millwall in December, kept him out of contention for a minimum of three weeks.

[41] On 15 March 2018, following an increasing amount of injuries at the County Ground, McGivern joined Swindon Town on a deal until the end of the 2017–18 League Two campaign.

[44][45] On 23 July 2018, following his release from Swindon, McGivern returned to Northern Ireland to join NIFL Premiership side Linfield on a three-year deal.

[47] However, injury problems meant that he featured only five times during the 2018–19 title-winning season after making his debut in a 1–0 victory over Ballymena United on 23 February.

[52] Linfield were crowned league champions on points per game after the season was ended early due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland.

[64] He did not make his under-21 debut as Nigel Worthington instead promoted McGivern into the full Northern Ireland squad as a replacement for the injured George McCartney for a friendly international against Scotland on 20 August.

He did not feature for Northern Ireland in their Euro 2016 campaign but was recalled to the squad in September 2016 for their first 2018 World Cup qualifying match against the Czech Republic.