In the course of the 9th century we find mention of nine places in Ireland (including Armagh, Clonmacnoise, Clones, Devenish and Sligo) where communities of these Culdees were established as a kind of annex to the regular monastic institutions.
Church of St Mary on the Rock, St Andrews, Scotland, also known as St Mary of the Culdees, Kirkheugh and Church of St Mary of Kilrymont