Quote Originally Posted by O'Callaghan View Post
"It owes its "Tin Soldier Fortress" look to the celebration of victory over the third French revolutionary expedition to Ireland - the first decisive victory by Britain over the revolutionary republican movement, which was sweeping across the monarchies and their colonies at that time."

Just referring to it as a victory is taking a position.
No, that's not taking a political position, it's called placing the style of the architecture in it's historical context, and it is done by architectural historians all the time.