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The 26-year-old has made a total of three appearances, and was on the bench for each of the first three Group 4 qualifiers.
Barnsley's Colgan, who turned 31 last month, was last involved in May - when he started in the 3-0 Unity Cup defeat to Nigeria - Ireland's last defeat of any note. The Drogheda native has eight caps to his name, and made his debut in 2002 against Denmark.
Given, on the other hand, has been almost ever-present since his debut against Russia eight years ago. The 28-year-old, who has been back-and-forth to Newcastle this week due to the impending birth of his first child, is set for his 64th cap - sixteen short of mentor Packie Bonner's total.
"Shay is our best goalkeeper, so he should and will play," confirmed manager Brian Kerr. "There will be other opportunities for Nick, Paddy and the other 'keepers coming through.
"But this is serious stuff. We are overwhelming favourites for the game, something that has only happened before in the friendly against Canada and maybe against Cyprus last month. There have been some strange results in the qualifiers over the past few weeks and we have to be on our guard."
Whilst Kerr waits on the fitness of talented winger Andy Reid, the Faroe Islands are definitely without their leading UK-based player - Coventry City's Claus Bech Jorgensen. The midfielder picked up a rib injury in the 2-2 draw with Cyprus on Saturday, after levelling the game in the first half.
(*Photo courtesy of Allsport)