There is a historical irony to this.

Installing a stockade fence the wrong way has a certain historical irony.

For political conservatives to praise that kind of Supreme Court has a special historical irony.

As for Pope Urban, there is a historical irony that he would almost certainly fail to appreciate.

It was a pity, perhaps, that they did not understand the historical irony involved.

Like many other statements of the new age, that rang with historical irony.

This reaction is characterized as "historical irony" by Daniel (2002).

It would be a bitter historical irony if America thereby were to lose sight of its wider and longerrange interests.

The campaign has also been remarkable for its historical ironies.

There was a lot of historical irony in this play, but maybe it belonged somewhere else.