Irony behind the title "Chronicle of a Death Foretold"

The title of the book "Chronicle of a Death Foretold", by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, is full of ironic ideas. What's ironic about this title is that, it's almost as if Marquez wrote this book to predict a death. He is writing how and why this death will happen in this story. Another ironic thing about this title is that the death that will happen has already been foretold. If the book based itself in the present, the title would better off be "Chronicle of Foretelling a Death". Since this death has already been foretold Marquez is only writing a story about this foretold death.

I think that the reason why Marquez gave this book such an ironic title was so that it would match the irony of the story that will eventually unfold.