Edel Coffey: Who says feminists can't wear dresses?

"I suppose this is what traditions are for, to connect all of the points of our past to our present, to connect the living to the dead, to remind us of who we are and where we come from."

Picture: Bríd O'Donovan

Last weekend, I was browsing in a department store when I noticed a little girl trying on Communion dresses. My eldest daughter is making her Communion this year, but not until May.

“When do people start buying Communion dresses?” I casually asked the sales assistant.