When Chilean troops occupied Lima during the War of the Pacific in 1881 , they put in charge certain Patricio Lynch , whose grandfather came from Ireland to Argentina and then moved to Chile .
Bernardo O'Higgins was the first Supreme director of Chile .
When Chile troops occupied Lima during the War of the Pacific in 1881 , they put in charge certain Patricio Lynch , whose grandfather came from Ireland to Argentina and then moved to Chile .
Bernardo O'Higgins was the first Supreme director of Chile .