 International success in the subsequent period in swimming and water polo was limited and much of the period was dominated by political wrangling between the different branches, and discussions over which flag swimmers should compete under.The organisation endured, however, and in 1934 a Connacht branch joined the IASA achieving the goal of a single governing body for the island as a whole.By 1941 the "Sunday Independent" was reporting crowds of 100,000 spectators at the Liffey Swim and the volume of clubs had increased exponentially over the preceding decade.