The Coastal Georgia Archaeology Society was form in 1981 with the purpose of promoting local archaeological investigation. The Society remains active in historical, education, and archaeological endeavors. Irene was the name of a "little hill" located near the area of New Yamacraw, a Native American settlement, in the proximity of Savannah, Georgia. In 1736, Yamacraw Indian leader Tomochichi, Rev. Benjamin Ingham, Rev. Charles Wesley, and Rev. John Wesley began the project of building a Christian school house located on Irene which was to be called the Mission Irene. Upon the building of the school house, builders found an "abundance of Oister Shells, and some Bones and Buck horns," thus revealing that the little hill may have been an Indian mound. By 1739 the missionary efforts at Irene were abandoned due to several reasons, including the war with the Spanish and the desertion of new Yamacraw after the death of Tomochichi. BY 1761, the land had been divided up among colonists (Dolores Boisfeuillet Floyd, New Yamacraw and the Indian Mound Irene, Review PTG, 1936).
From the description of Coastal Georgia Archaeological Society collection on the Irene Mound, 1936-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 57402383
